Quotes about Treasures

Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.

For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.

“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.

O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.

I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.

Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.

You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.