KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

General references
Deuteronomy 6:10-12; Deuteronomy 8:10-18; Deuteronomy 31:20; Deuteronomy 32:15; 1 Samuel 2:7; Psalms 37:16; Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 10:22; Proverbs 11:4; Proverbs 11:28; Proverbs 13:7-8; Proverbs 14:24; Proverbs 15:6; Proverbs 15:16-17; Proverbs 16:8; Proverbs 19:4; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 23:4-5; Proverbs 27:23-24; Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 28:20; Proverbs 28:22; Proverbs 30:8-9; Ecclesiastes 5:9-20; Ecclesiastes 6:1-2; Ecclesiastes 7:11-12; Ecclesiastes 10:19; Isaiah 5:8; Jeremiah 48:36; Hosea 12:8; Matthew 6:19-21; Matthew 13:22; Matthew 19:16-29; Mark 10:17-25; Luke 18:18-25; Mark 4:19; Luke 12:15; 1 Timothy 6:4-11; 1 Timothy 6:17-19; James 2:6-7; James 5:1-5; 1 John 3:17

Figurative
Revelation 3:18
Covetousness; Rich, The

RICH'ES, noun [This is in the singular number in fact, but treated as the plural.]

1. Wealth; opulence; affluence; possessions of land, good or money in abundance.

Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver, but in having more in proportion than our neighbors.

2. Splendid sumptuous appearance.

The riches of heav'n's pavement, trodden gold.

3. In Scripture, an abundance of spiritual blessings.

Luke 16:11.

The riches of God, his fullness of wisdom, power, mercy, grace and glory, Ephesians 1:7, 2; or the abundance supplied by his works. Psalms 104:24.

The riches of Christ, his abundant fullness of spiritual and eternal blessings for men. Ephesians 3:8.

The riches of a state or kingdom, consist less in a full treasury than in the productiveness of its soil and manufactures, and in the industry of its inhabitants.