Riches
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Genesis 31:16
- Last Reference: Revelation 18:17
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1952 Used 10 times
- H1995 Used 1 time
- H2428 Used 11 times
- H2633 Used 1 time
- H3502 Used 1 time
- H4301 Used 1 time
- H4480 Used 1 time
- H5233 Used 1 time
- H6239 Used 35 times
- H7075 Used 1 time
- H7399 Used 5 times
- H7769 Used 1 time
- G4149 Used 22 times
- G5536 Used 3 times
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.
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.