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Proverbs 10:15
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.
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Psalms 52:5-7
God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living.[ SelahThe righteous also shall see it, and fear, And shall laugh at him, saying,Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
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Psalms 49:6-9
They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him( For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever),That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
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Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
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Luke 12:19-21
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
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Deuteronomy 32:31
For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
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Psalms 62:10-11
Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon.God hath spoken once, Twice have I heard this, That power belongeth unto God.
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Job 31:24-25
If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;