Lexicon :: Strong's G4145 - plousios

Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.

Then he said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before,[fn] because you have not pursued younger men, whether rich or poor.

Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered;[fn]

he will thunder in the heavens against them.

The LORD will judge the ends of the earth.

He will give power to his king;

he will lift up the horn of his anointed.[fn]

So the LORD sent Nathan to David. When he arrived, he said to him:

There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man could not bring himself to take one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.[fn]

“The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands, from the greatest to the least.”

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;

when he opens his eyes, it is gone.

He waits in ambush near settlements;

he kills the innocent in secret places.

His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

Young lions[fn] lack food and go hungry,

but those who seek the LORD

will not lack any good thing.

The daughter of Tyre, the wealthy people,

will seek your favor with gifts.

both low and high,

rich and poor together.

The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;

the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,

but there are many who love the rich.

The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;

in his imagination it is like a high wall.

What is desirable in a person is his fidelity;

better to be a poor person than a liar.

Rich and poor have this in common:[fn]

the LORD makes them all.

The rich rule over the poor,

and the borrower is a slave to the lender.

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,

and giving to the rich ​— ​both lead only to poverty.

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;

because you know better, stop!

Better the poor person who lives with integrity

than the rich one who distorts right and wrong.[fn]

A rich person is wise in his own eyes,

but a poor one who has discernment sees through him.

The fool is appointed to great heights,

but the rich remain in lowly positions.

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts,

and do not curse a rich person even in your bedroom,

for a bird of the sky may carry the message,

and a winged creature may report the matter.

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat

and opens wide its enormous jaws,

and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses,

her crowds, and those who celebrate in her!

Stand up, you complacent women;

listen to me.

Pay attention to what I say,

you overconfident daughters.

for the ground of my people

growing thorns and briers,

indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.

Look at Zion, the city of our festival times.

Your eyes will see Jerusalem,

a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander;

its tent pegs will not be pulled up

nor will any of its cords be loosened.

He was assigned a grave with the wicked,

but he was with a rich man at his death,

because he had done no violence

and had not spoken deceitfully.

“ ‘This is what the LORD says:

The wise person should not boast in his wisdom;

the strong should not boast in his strength;

the wealthy should not boast in his wealth.

After King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported Jeconiah[fn] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.