The best Bible verses for rich include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for rich, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have become kings—and that without us! How I wish that you really had become kings so that we might be kings with you!"1 Corinthians 4:8
"Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have become kings—and that without us! How I wish that you really had become kings so that we might be kings with you!"1 Corinthians 4:8
"People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction."1 Timothy 6:9
"Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share."1 Timothy 6:18
"sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything."2 Corinthians 6:10
"Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity."2 Corinthians 8:2
"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich."2 Corinthians 8:9
"You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God."2 Corinthians 9:11
"and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."2 Peter 1:11
"To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."Colossians 1:27
"My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,"Colossians 2:2
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God."Colossians 3:16
"However, there should be no poor among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you,"Deuteronomy 15:4
"The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep."Ecclesiastes 5:12
"Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say."Ecclesiastes 10:20
Scripture returns to rich often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for rich are 1 Corinthians 4:8, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:18. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to rich across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for rich, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.