Quotes about Wealth
36,000 cattle,
- Numbers 31:44
All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
- Numbers 31:52
a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
- Deuteronomy 8:9
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
- Deuteronomy 8:12
and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,
- Deuteronomy 8:13
You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
- Deuteronomy 8:17
But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
- Deuteronomy 8:18
For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
- Deuteronomy 15:11
You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.
- Deuteronomy 15:14
But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
- Deuteronomy 17:16
He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
- Deuteronomy 17:17
The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 28:8