Lexicon :: Strong's H6239 - ʿōšer

“In fact, all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has said to you.”

Previously, an Israelite man had declared, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out? He comes to defy Israel. The king will make the man who kills him very rich and will give him his daughter. The king will also make the family of that man’s father exempt from paying taxes in Israel.”

So God said to him, “Because you have requested this and did not ask for long life[fn] or riches for yourself, or the death[fn] of your enemies, but you asked discernment for yourself to administer justice,

“In addition, I will give you what you did not ask for: both riches and honor, so that no king will be your equal during your entire life.

King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and in wisdom.

Riches and honor come from you, and you are the ruler of everything. Power and might are in your hand, and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all.

He died at a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon became king in his place.

God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart, and you have not requested riches, wealth, or glory, or for the life of those who hate you, and you have not even requested long life, but you have requested for yourself wisdom and knowledge that you may judge my people over whom I have made you king,

King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and wisdom.

So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. Then all Judah brought him tribute, and he had riches and honor in abundance.

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he made an alliance with Ahab through marriage.[fn]

Hezekiah had abundant riches and glory, and he made himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and every desirable item.

He displayed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness for a total of 180 days.

Then Haman described for them his glorious wealth and his many sons. He told them all how the king had honored him and promoted him in rank over the other officials and the royal staff.

They trust in their wealth

and boast of their abundant riches.

“Here is the man

who would not make God his refuge,

but trusted in the abundance of his riches,

taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”

Wealth and riches are in his house,

and his righteousness endures forever.

Long life[fn] is in her right hand;

in her left, riches and honor.

“With me are riches and honor,

lasting wealth and righteousness.

A gracious woman gains honor,

but violent[fn] people gain only riches.

Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,

but the righteous will flourish like foliage.

Riches are a ransom for a person’s life,

but a poor person hears no threat.

The crown of the wise is their wealth,

but the foolishness of fools produces foolishness.

A good name is to be chosen over great wealth;

favor is better than silver and gold.

Humility, the fear of the LORD,

results in wealth, honor, and life.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.

Give me neither poverty nor wealth;

feed me with the food I need.

There is a person without a companion,[fn] without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “Who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself of good things? ” This too is futile and a miserable task.

There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Furthermore, everyone to whom God has given riches and wealth, he has also allowed him to enjoy them, take his reward, and rejoice in his labor. This is a gift of God,

God gives a person riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.

Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.

“ ‘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.

He who makes a fortune unjustly

is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.

In the middle of his life

his riches will abandon him,

so in the end he will be a fool.

Now I will tell you the truth.

“Three more kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth will be far richer than the others. By the power he gains through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.