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6:24 NIrV
Parallel Verses
  • New International Reader's Version - “But how terrible it will be for you who are rich! You have already had your easy life.
  • 新标点和合本 - “但你们富足的人有祸了! 因为你们受过你们的安慰。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 但你们富足的人有祸了! 因为你们已经受过安慰。
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 但你们富足的人有祸了! 因为你们已经受过安慰。
  • 当代译本 - “富有的人有祸了, 因为你们已经享尽了人世间的安逸!
  • 圣经新译本 - “然而你们富有的人有祸了, 因为你们已经得了你们的安慰。
  • 中文标准译本 - “不过富有的人,你们有祸了, 因为你们已经得到了你们的安慰。
  • 现代标点和合本 - “但你们富足的人有祸了! 因为你们受过你们的安慰。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - “但你们富足的人有祸了, 因为你们受过你们的安慰;
  • New International Version - “But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
  • English Standard Version - “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
  • New Living Translation - “What sorrow awaits you who are rich, for you have your only happiness now.
  • The Message - But it’s trouble ahead if you think you have it made. What you have is all you’ll ever get.
  • Christian Standard Bible - But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort.
  • New American Standard Bible - But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.
  • New King James Version - “But woe to you who are rich, For you have received your consolation.
  • Amplified Bible - But woe (judgment is coming) to you who are rich [and place your faith in possessions while remaining spiritually impoverished], for you are [already] receiving your comfort in full [and there is nothing left to be awarded to you].
  • American Standard Version - But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
  • King James Version - But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
  • New English Translation - “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.
  • World English Bible - “But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.
  • 新標點和合本 - 但你們富足的人有禍了! 因為你們受過你們的安慰。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 但你們富足的人有禍了! 因為你們已經受過安慰。
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 但你們富足的人有禍了! 因為你們已經受過安慰。
  • 當代譯本 - 「富有的人有禍了, 因為你們已經享盡了人世間的安逸!
  • 聖經新譯本 - “然而你們富有的人有禍了, 因為你們已經得了你們的安慰。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 但你們富足的人有禍啊!因為你們已經收到了你們的安慰。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 「不過富有的人,你們有禍了, 因為你們已經得到了你們的安慰。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 「但你們富足的人有禍了! 因為你們受過你們的安慰。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 惟爾富者禍矣、以爾已得爾之慰也、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 富者禍矣、以爾曾得安樂也、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 惟爾富者禍矣、以爾已得安慰也、
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 哀哉爾富人、享盡爾溫燠。
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - »Pero ¡ay de ustedes los ricos, porque ya han recibido su consuelo!
  • 현대인의 성경 - 그러나 너희 부요한 사람들에게는 불행이 닥칠 것이다. 너희는 이 세상에서 받을 수 있는 위로를 이미 다 받았다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Но горе вам, богатые, потому что вы уже получили свое утешение.
  • Восточный перевод - – Но горе вам, богатые, потому что вы уже получили своё утешение.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Но горе вам, богатые, потому что вы уже получили своё утешение.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Но горе вам, богатые, потому что вы уже получили своё утешение.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais malheur à vous qui possédez des richesses, car vous avez déjà reçu toute la consolation que vous pouvez attendre.
  • リビングバイブル - これとは反対に、金持ちたちを待ち受けているのは悲しみだけです。彼らの幸福はこの地上限りのものだからです。
  • Nestle Aland 28 - Πλὴν οὐαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς πλουσίοις, ὅτι ἀπέχετε τὴν παράκλησιν ὑμῶν.
  • unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - πλὴν οὐαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς πλουσίοις, ὅτι ἀπέχετε τὴν παράκλησιν ὑμῶν.
  • Nova Versão Internacional - “Mas ai de vocês os ricos, pois já receberam sua consolação.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Doch wehe euch, ihr Reichen! Ihr habt euer Glück schon auf Erden genossen.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Nhưng khốn cho người giàu có, vì chỉ được sung sướng tạm thời.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “แต่วิบัติแก่เจ้าผู้มั่งมี เพราะเจ้าได้รับความสุขสบายแล้ว
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่​วิบัติ​จง​เกิด​แก่​ผู้​มั่งมี เพราะ​ว่า​ท่าน​ได้​รับ​ความ​สบาย​แล้ว
Cross Reference
  • Haggai 2:9 - “The new temple will be more beautiful than the first one was,” says the Lord. “And in this place I will bring peace,” announces the Lord who rules over all.
  • Revelation 18:6 - Do to her as she has done to others. Pay her back double for what she has done. Pour her a double dose of what she has poured for others.
  • Revelation 18:7 - Give her as much pain and suffering as the glory and wealth she gave herself. She brags to herself, ‘I rule on a throne like a queen. I am not a widow. I will never mourn.’ ( Isaiah 47:7 , 8 )
  • Revelation 18:8 - But she will be plagued by death, sadness and hunger. In a single day she will suffer all these plagues. She will be burned up by fire. That’s because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.
  • Psalm 73:3 - I saw that proud and sinful people were doing well. And I began to long for what they had.
  • Psalm 73:4 - They don’t have any troubles. Their bodies are healthy and strong.
  • Psalm 73:5 - They don’t have the problems most people have. They don’t suffer as other people do.
  • Psalm 73:6 - Their pride is like a necklace. They put on meanness as if it were their clothes.
  • Psalm 73:7 - Many sins come out of their hard and stubborn hearts. There is no limit to the evil things they can think up.
  • Psalm 73:8 - They laugh at others and speak words of hatred. They are proud. They warn others about the harm they can do to them.
  • Psalm 73:9 - They brag as if they owned heaven itself. They talk as if they controlled the earth.
  • Psalm 73:10 - So people listen to them. They lap up their words like water.
  • Psalm 73:11 - They say, “How would God know what we’re doing? Does the Most High God know anything?”
  • Psalm 73:12 - Here is what sinful people are like. They don’t have a care in the world. They keep getting richer and richer.
  • Job 21:7 - Why do sinful people keep on living? The older they grow, the richer they get.
  • Job 21:8 - They see their children grow up around them. They watch their family grow larger.
  • Job 21:9 - Their homes are safe. They don’t have to be afraid. God isn’t punishing them.
  • Job 21:10 - Every time their bulls mate, their cows become pregnant. And the calves don’t die before they are born.
  • Job 21:11 - Sinful people send their children out like a flock of lambs. Their little ones dance around.
  • Job 21:12 - They sing to the music of tambourines and lyres. They have a good time while flutes are being played.
  • Job 21:13 - Those who are evil spend their years living well. They go down to their graves in peace.
  • Job 21:14 - But they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We don’t want to know how you want us to live.
  • Job 21:15 - Who is the Mighty One? Why should we serve him? What would we get if we prayed to him?’
  • Proverbs 1:32 - “The wrong path that childish people take will kill them. Foolish people will be destroyed by being satisfied with the way they live.
  • Matthew 6:16 - “When you go without eating, do not look gloomy like those who only pretend to be holy. They make their faces look very sad. They want to show people they are fasting. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.
  • Matthew 6:5 - “When you pray, do not be like those who only pretend to be holy. They love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners. They want to be seen by other people. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.
  • Amos 6:1 - How terrible it will be for you men who are so contented on Mount Zion! How terrible for you who feel secure on the hill of Samaria! You are famous men from the greatest nation. The people of Israel come to you for help and advice.
  • Amos 6:2 - Go and look at the city of Kalneh. Go from there to the great city of Hamath. Then go down to Gath in Philistia. Are those places better off than your two kingdoms? Is their land larger than yours?
  • Amos 6:3 - You are trying to avoid the time when trouble will come. But you are only bringing closer the Assyrian rule of terror.
  • Amos 6:4 - You lie down on beds that are decorated with ivory. You rest on your couches. You eat the best lambs and the fattest calves.
  • Amos 6:5 - You pluck away on your harps as David did. You play new songs on musical instruments.
  • Amos 6:6 - You drink wine by the bowlful. You use the finest lotions. But Joseph’s people will soon be destroyed. And you aren’t even sad about it.
  • Amos 4:1 - Listen to the Lord’s message, you women who live on the hill of Samaria. You treat poor people badly. You crush those who are in need. You say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!” But you are already as fat as the cows in Bashan.
  • Amos 4:2 - The Lord and King has made a promise by his own holy name. He says, “You can be sure that the time will come when your enemies will put hooks in your faces. They will lead every one of you away with fishhooks.
  • Amos 4:3 - Each of you will go straight out through gaps made in the wall. You will be thrown out toward Harmon,” announces the Lord.
  • Luke 12:15 - Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against wanting to have more and more things. Life is not made up of how much a person has.”
  • Luke 12:16 - Then Jesus told them a story. He said, “A certain rich man’s land produced a very large crop.
  • Luke 12:17 - He thought to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have any place to store my crops.’
  • Luke 12:18 - “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones. I will store my extra grain in them.
  • Luke 12:19 - I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain stored away for many years. Take life easy. Eat, drink and have a good time.” ’
  • Luke 12:20 - “But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Tonight I will take your life away from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
  • Luke 12:21 - “That is how it will be for whoever stores things away for themselves but is not rich in the sight of God.”
  • Luke 16:19 - “Once there was a rich man. He was dressed in purple cloth and fine linen. He lived an easy life every day.
  • Luke 16:20 - A man named Lazarus was placed at his gate. Lazarus was a beggar. His body was covered with sores.
  • Luke 16:21 - Even dogs came and licked his sores. All he wanted was to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.
  • Luke 16:22 - “The time came when the beggar died. The angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
  • Luke 16:23 - In the place of the dead, the rich man was suffering terribly. He looked up and saw Abraham far away. Lazarus was by his side.
  • Luke 16:24 - So the rich man called out, ‘Father Abraham! Have pity on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water. Then he can cool my tongue with it. I am in terrible pain in this fire.’
  • Luke 16:25 - “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember what happened in your lifetime. You received your good things. Lazarus received bad things. Now he is comforted here, and you are in terrible pain.
  • Jeremiah 5:4 - I thought, “The people of Jerusalem are foolish. They don’t know how the Lord wants them to live. They don’t know what their God requires of them.
  • Jeremiah 5:5 - So I will go to the leaders. I’ll speak to them. They should know how the Lord wants them to live. They must know what their God requires of them.” But all of them had broken off the yoke the Lord had put on them. They had torn off the ropes he had tied them up with.
  • Jeremiah 5:6 - So a lion from the forest will attack them. A wolf from the desert will destroy them. A leopard will hide and wait near their towns. It will tear to pieces anyone who dares to go out. Again and again they have refused to obey the Lord. They have turned away from him many times.
  • Luke 18:23 - When the ruler heard this, he became very sad. He was very rich.
  • Luke 18:24 - Jesus looked at him. Then he said, “How hard it is for rich people to enter God’s kingdom!
  • Luke 18:25 - Is it hard for a camel to go through the eye of a needle? It is even harder for someone who is rich to enter God’s kingdom!”
  • James 5:1 - You rich people, listen to me. Cry and weep, because you will soon be suffering.
  • James 5:2 - Your riches have rotted. Moths have eaten your clothes.
  • James 5:3 - Your gold and silver have lost their brightness. Their dullness will be a witness against you. Your wanting more and more will eat your body like fire. You have stored up riches in these last days.
  • James 5:4 - You have even failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields. Their pay is crying out against you. The cries of those who gathered the harvest have reached the ears of the Lord. He rules over all.
  • James 5:5 - You have lived an easy life on earth. You have given yourselves everything you wanted. You have made yourselves fat like cattle that will soon be butchered.
  • James 5:6 - You have judged and murdered people who aren’t guilty. And they weren’t even opposing you.
  • James 2:6 - But you have disrespected poor people. Aren’t rich people taking advantage of you? Aren’t they dragging you into court?
  • 1 Timothy 6:17 - Command people who are rich in this world not to be proud. Tell them not to put their hope in riches. Wealth is so uncertain. Command those who are rich to put their hope in God. He richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
  • Psalm 49:6 - They trust in their wealth. They brag about how rich they are.
  • Psalm 49:7 - No one can pay for the life of anyone else. No one can give God what that would cost.
  • Psalm 49:16 - Don’t get too upset when other people become rich. Don’t be troubled when they become more and more wealthy.
  • Psalm 49:17 - They won’t take anything with them when they die. Their riches won’t go down to the grave with them.
  • Psalm 49:18 - While they lived, they believed they were blessed. People praised them when things were going well for them.
  • Psalm 49:19 - But they will die, like their people of long ago. They will never again see the light of life.
  • Matthew 6:2 - “When you give to needy people, do not announce it by having trumpets blown. Do not be like those who only pretend to be holy. They announce what they do in the synagogues and on the streets. They want to be honored by other people. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • New International Reader's Version - “But how terrible it will be for you who are rich! You have already had your easy life.
  • 新标点和合本 - “但你们富足的人有祸了! 因为你们受过你们的安慰。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 但你们富足的人有祸了! 因为你们已经受过安慰。
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 但你们富足的人有祸了! 因为你们已经受过安慰。
  • 当代译本 - “富有的人有祸了, 因为你们已经享尽了人世间的安逸!
  • 圣经新译本 - “然而你们富有的人有祸了, 因为你们已经得了你们的安慰。
  • 中文标准译本 - “不过富有的人,你们有祸了, 因为你们已经得到了你们的安慰。
  • 现代标点和合本 - “但你们富足的人有祸了! 因为你们受过你们的安慰。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - “但你们富足的人有祸了, 因为你们受过你们的安慰;
  • New International Version - “But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
  • English Standard Version - “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
  • New Living Translation - “What sorrow awaits you who are rich, for you have your only happiness now.
  • The Message - But it’s trouble ahead if you think you have it made. What you have is all you’ll ever get.
  • Christian Standard Bible - But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort.
  • New American Standard Bible - But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.
  • New King James Version - “But woe to you who are rich, For you have received your consolation.
  • Amplified Bible - But woe (judgment is coming) to you who are rich [and place your faith in possessions while remaining spiritually impoverished], for you are [already] receiving your comfort in full [and there is nothing left to be awarded to you].
  • American Standard Version - But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
  • King James Version - But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
  • New English Translation - “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.
  • World English Bible - “But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.
  • 新標點和合本 - 但你們富足的人有禍了! 因為你們受過你們的安慰。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 但你們富足的人有禍了! 因為你們已經受過安慰。
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 但你們富足的人有禍了! 因為你們已經受過安慰。
  • 當代譯本 - 「富有的人有禍了, 因為你們已經享盡了人世間的安逸!
  • 聖經新譯本 - “然而你們富有的人有禍了, 因為你們已經得了你們的安慰。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 但你們富足的人有禍啊!因為你們已經收到了你們的安慰。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 「不過富有的人,你們有禍了, 因為你們已經得到了你們的安慰。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 「但你們富足的人有禍了! 因為你們受過你們的安慰。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 惟爾富者禍矣、以爾已得爾之慰也、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 富者禍矣、以爾曾得安樂也、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 惟爾富者禍矣、以爾已得安慰也、
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 哀哉爾富人、享盡爾溫燠。
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - »Pero ¡ay de ustedes los ricos, porque ya han recibido su consuelo!
  • 현대인의 성경 - 그러나 너희 부요한 사람들에게는 불행이 닥칠 것이다. 너희는 이 세상에서 받을 수 있는 위로를 이미 다 받았다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Но горе вам, богатые, потому что вы уже получили свое утешение.
  • Восточный перевод - – Но горе вам, богатые, потому что вы уже получили своё утешение.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Но горе вам, богатые, потому что вы уже получили своё утешение.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Но горе вам, богатые, потому что вы уже получили своё утешение.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais malheur à vous qui possédez des richesses, car vous avez déjà reçu toute la consolation que vous pouvez attendre.
  • リビングバイブル - これとは反対に、金持ちたちを待ち受けているのは悲しみだけです。彼らの幸福はこの地上限りのものだからです。
  • Nestle Aland 28 - Πλὴν οὐαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς πλουσίοις, ὅτι ἀπέχετε τὴν παράκλησιν ὑμῶν.
  • unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - πλὴν οὐαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς πλουσίοις, ὅτι ἀπέχετε τὴν παράκλησιν ὑμῶν.
  • Nova Versão Internacional - “Mas ai de vocês os ricos, pois já receberam sua consolação.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Doch wehe euch, ihr Reichen! Ihr habt euer Glück schon auf Erden genossen.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Nhưng khốn cho người giàu có, vì chỉ được sung sướng tạm thời.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “แต่วิบัติแก่เจ้าผู้มั่งมี เพราะเจ้าได้รับความสุขสบายแล้ว
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่​วิบัติ​จง​เกิด​แก่​ผู้​มั่งมี เพราะ​ว่า​ท่าน​ได้​รับ​ความ​สบาย​แล้ว
  • Haggai 2:9 - “The new temple will be more beautiful than the first one was,” says the Lord. “And in this place I will bring peace,” announces the Lord who rules over all.
  • Revelation 18:6 - Do to her as she has done to others. Pay her back double for what she has done. Pour her a double dose of what she has poured for others.
  • Revelation 18:7 - Give her as much pain and suffering as the glory and wealth she gave herself. She brags to herself, ‘I rule on a throne like a queen. I am not a widow. I will never mourn.’ ( Isaiah 47:7 , 8 )
  • Revelation 18:8 - But she will be plagued by death, sadness and hunger. In a single day she will suffer all these plagues. She will be burned up by fire. That’s because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.
  • Psalm 73:3 - I saw that proud and sinful people were doing well. And I began to long for what they had.
  • Psalm 73:4 - They don’t have any troubles. Their bodies are healthy and strong.
  • Psalm 73:5 - They don’t have the problems most people have. They don’t suffer as other people do.
  • Psalm 73:6 - Their pride is like a necklace. They put on meanness as if it were their clothes.
  • Psalm 73:7 - Many sins come out of their hard and stubborn hearts. There is no limit to the evil things they can think up.
  • Psalm 73:8 - They laugh at others and speak words of hatred. They are proud. They warn others about the harm they can do to them.
  • Psalm 73:9 - They brag as if they owned heaven itself. They talk as if they controlled the earth.
  • Psalm 73:10 - So people listen to them. They lap up their words like water.
  • Psalm 73:11 - They say, “How would God know what we’re doing? Does the Most High God know anything?”
  • Psalm 73:12 - Here is what sinful people are like. They don’t have a care in the world. They keep getting richer and richer.
  • Job 21:7 - Why do sinful people keep on living? The older they grow, the richer they get.
  • Job 21:8 - They see their children grow up around them. They watch their family grow larger.
  • Job 21:9 - Their homes are safe. They don’t have to be afraid. God isn’t punishing them.
  • Job 21:10 - Every time their bulls mate, their cows become pregnant. And the calves don’t die before they are born.
  • Job 21:11 - Sinful people send their children out like a flock of lambs. Their little ones dance around.
  • Job 21:12 - They sing to the music of tambourines and lyres. They have a good time while flutes are being played.
  • Job 21:13 - Those who are evil spend their years living well. They go down to their graves in peace.
  • Job 21:14 - But they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We don’t want to know how you want us to live.
  • Job 21:15 - Who is the Mighty One? Why should we serve him? What would we get if we prayed to him?’
  • Proverbs 1:32 - “The wrong path that childish people take will kill them. Foolish people will be destroyed by being satisfied with the way they live.
  • Matthew 6:16 - “When you go without eating, do not look gloomy like those who only pretend to be holy. They make their faces look very sad. They want to show people they are fasting. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.
  • Matthew 6:5 - “When you pray, do not be like those who only pretend to be holy. They love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners. They want to be seen by other people. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.
  • Amos 6:1 - How terrible it will be for you men who are so contented on Mount Zion! How terrible for you who feel secure on the hill of Samaria! You are famous men from the greatest nation. The people of Israel come to you for help and advice.
  • Amos 6:2 - Go and look at the city of Kalneh. Go from there to the great city of Hamath. Then go down to Gath in Philistia. Are those places better off than your two kingdoms? Is their land larger than yours?
  • Amos 6:3 - You are trying to avoid the time when trouble will come. But you are only bringing closer the Assyrian rule of terror.
  • Amos 6:4 - You lie down on beds that are decorated with ivory. You rest on your couches. You eat the best lambs and the fattest calves.
  • Amos 6:5 - You pluck away on your harps as David did. You play new songs on musical instruments.
  • Amos 6:6 - You drink wine by the bowlful. You use the finest lotions. But Joseph’s people will soon be destroyed. And you aren’t even sad about it.
  • Amos 4:1 - Listen to the Lord’s message, you women who live on the hill of Samaria. You treat poor people badly. You crush those who are in need. You say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!” But you are already as fat as the cows in Bashan.
  • Amos 4:2 - The Lord and King has made a promise by his own holy name. He says, “You can be sure that the time will come when your enemies will put hooks in your faces. They will lead every one of you away with fishhooks.
  • Amos 4:3 - Each of you will go straight out through gaps made in the wall. You will be thrown out toward Harmon,” announces the Lord.
  • Luke 12:15 - Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against wanting to have more and more things. Life is not made up of how much a person has.”
  • Luke 12:16 - Then Jesus told them a story. He said, “A certain rich man’s land produced a very large crop.
  • Luke 12:17 - He thought to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have any place to store my crops.’
  • Luke 12:18 - “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones. I will store my extra grain in them.
  • Luke 12:19 - I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain stored away for many years. Take life easy. Eat, drink and have a good time.” ’
  • Luke 12:20 - “But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Tonight I will take your life away from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
  • Luke 12:21 - “That is how it will be for whoever stores things away for themselves but is not rich in the sight of God.”
  • Luke 16:19 - “Once there was a rich man. He was dressed in purple cloth and fine linen. He lived an easy life every day.
  • Luke 16:20 - A man named Lazarus was placed at his gate. Lazarus was a beggar. His body was covered with sores.
  • Luke 16:21 - Even dogs came and licked his sores. All he wanted was to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.
  • Luke 16:22 - “The time came when the beggar died. The angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
  • Luke 16:23 - In the place of the dead, the rich man was suffering terribly. He looked up and saw Abraham far away. Lazarus was by his side.
  • Luke 16:24 - So the rich man called out, ‘Father Abraham! Have pity on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water. Then he can cool my tongue with it. I am in terrible pain in this fire.’
  • Luke 16:25 - “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember what happened in your lifetime. You received your good things. Lazarus received bad things. Now he is comforted here, and you are in terrible pain.
  • Jeremiah 5:4 - I thought, “The people of Jerusalem are foolish. They don’t know how the Lord wants them to live. They don’t know what their God requires of them.
  • Jeremiah 5:5 - So I will go to the leaders. I’ll speak to them. They should know how the Lord wants them to live. They must know what their God requires of them.” But all of them had broken off the yoke the Lord had put on them. They had torn off the ropes he had tied them up with.
  • Jeremiah 5:6 - So a lion from the forest will attack them. A wolf from the desert will destroy them. A leopard will hide and wait near their towns. It will tear to pieces anyone who dares to go out. Again and again they have refused to obey the Lord. They have turned away from him many times.
  • Luke 18:23 - When the ruler heard this, he became very sad. He was very rich.
  • Luke 18:24 - Jesus looked at him. Then he said, “How hard it is for rich people to enter God’s kingdom!
  • Luke 18:25 - Is it hard for a camel to go through the eye of a needle? It is even harder for someone who is rich to enter God’s kingdom!”
  • James 5:1 - You rich people, listen to me. Cry and weep, because you will soon be suffering.
  • James 5:2 - Your riches have rotted. Moths have eaten your clothes.
  • James 5:3 - Your gold and silver have lost their brightness. Their dullness will be a witness against you. Your wanting more and more will eat your body like fire. You have stored up riches in these last days.
  • James 5:4 - You have even failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields. Their pay is crying out against you. The cries of those who gathered the harvest have reached the ears of the Lord. He rules over all.
  • James 5:5 - You have lived an easy life on earth. You have given yourselves everything you wanted. You have made yourselves fat like cattle that will soon be butchered.
  • James 5:6 - You have judged and murdered people who aren’t guilty. And they weren’t even opposing you.
  • James 2:6 - But you have disrespected poor people. Aren’t rich people taking advantage of you? Aren’t they dragging you into court?
  • 1 Timothy 6:17 - Command people who are rich in this world not to be proud. Tell them not to put their hope in riches. Wealth is so uncertain. Command those who are rich to put their hope in God. He richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
  • Psalm 49:6 - They trust in their wealth. They brag about how rich they are.
  • Psalm 49:7 - No one can pay for the life of anyone else. No one can give God what that would cost.
  • Psalm 49:16 - Don’t get too upset when other people become rich. Don’t be troubled when they become more and more wealthy.
  • Psalm 49:17 - They won’t take anything with them when they die. Their riches won’t go down to the grave with them.
  • Psalm 49:18 - While they lived, they believed they were blessed. People praised them when things were going well for them.
  • Psalm 49:19 - But they will die, like their people of long ago. They will never again see the light of life.
  • Matthew 6:2 - “When you give to needy people, do not announce it by having trumpets blown. Do not be like those who only pretend to be holy. They announce what they do in the synagogues and on the streets. They want to be honored by other people. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.
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