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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,[ and] money[ is] a defence: but the excellency of knowledge[ is, that] wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
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Psalms 52:5-7
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of[ thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: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 soul[ is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)That he should still live for ever,[ and] 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,[ and] be merry.But God said unto him,[ Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?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[ upon them].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, or have said to the fine gold,[ Thou art] my confidence;If I rejoiced because my wealth[ was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;