The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ.
Riches cannot be gathered without sin and evil means.
To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.
Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons.
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.