Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
13 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “rich” →
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
