Riches:
rich'-ez, rich'-iz: Used to render the following Hebrew and Greek words:
(1) ?Osher, which should, perhaps, be considered the most general word, as it is the most often used (Ge 31:16; Ec 4:8; Jer 9:23). It looks at riches simply as riches, without regard to any particular feature. Alongside this would go the Greek ploutos (Mt 13:22; Eph 2:7).
(2) Chocen (Pr 27:24; Jer 20:5), nekhacim and rekhush (Ge 36:7; Da 11:13,14 the King James Version) look at riches as things accumulated, collected, amassed.
(3) Hon looks upon riches as earnings, the fruit of toil (Ps 119:14; Pr 8:18; Eze 27:27).
(4) Hamon regards riches in the aspect of being much, this coming from the original idea of noise, through the idea of a multitude as making the noise, the idea of many, or much, being in multitude (Ps 37:16 the King James Version).
(5) Chayil regards riches as power (Ps 62:1; Isa 8:4; 10:14).
(6) Yithrah means "running over," and so presents riches as abundance (Jer 48:36 the King James Version). Along with this may be placed shua?, which has the idea of breadth, and so of abundance (Job 36:19 the King James Version).
(7) Qinyan regards riches as a creation, something made (Ps 104:24; compare margin);
(8) (chrema) looks at riches as useful (Mr 10:23 f parallel). Like the New Testament, the Apoe uses only ploutos and chrema.
Material riches are regarded by the Scriptures as neither good nor bad in themselves, but only according as they are properly or improperly used. They are transitory (Pr 27:24); they are not to be trusted in (Mr 10:23; Lu 18:24; 1Ti 6:17); they are not to be gloried in (Jer 9:23); the heart is not to be set on them (Ps 62:10); but they are made by God (Ps 104:24), and come from God (1Ch 29:12); and they are the crown of the wise (Pr 14:24). Material riches are used to body forth for us the most precious and glorious realities of the spiritual realm. See, e.g., Ro 9:23; 11:33; Eph 2:7; Php 4:19; Col 1:27.
Written by E. J. Forrester
Riches: General Scriptures Concerning
Deu 6:10-12; 8:10-18; 31:20; 32:15; 1Sa 2:7; Psa 37:16; Pro 10:2, 22; 11:4, 28; 13:7, 8; 14:24; 15:6, 16, 17; 16:8; 19:4; 21:6; 23:4, 5; 27:23, 24; 28:8, 20, 22; 30:8, 9; Ecc 5:9-20; 6:1, 2; 7:11, 12; 10:19; Isa 5:8; Jer 48:36; Hsa 12:8; Mat 6:19-21; 13:22; 19:16-29; Mar 4:19; 10:17-25; Luk 12:15; 18:18-25; 1Ti 6:4-11, 17-19; Jam 2:6, 7; 5:1-5; 1Jo 3:17
Riches: Figurative:
Rev 3:18
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Riches:
Gen 13:2; Gen 24:35Deu 6:10-12; Deu 8:10-18; Deu 31:20; Deu 32:151Sa 2:71Ki 10:232Ki 20:12-18Neh 5:1-13Job 1:3; Job 21:7-15; Job 27:13-23; Job 31:24-25; Job 31:28Psa 37:16; Psa 49:16-18; Psa 52:1-7; Psa 73:3-22Pro 10:2; Pro 10:22; Pro 11:4; Pro 11:28; Pro 13:7-8; Pro 14:20; Pro 14:24; Pro 15:6; Pro 15:16-17; Pro 16:8; Pro 18:11; Pro 18:23; Pro 19:4; Pro 21:6; Pro 23:4-5; Pro 27:23-24; Pro 28:8; Pro 28:11; Pro 28:20; Pro 28:22; Pro 30:8-9Ecc 5:9-20; Ecc 6:1-2; Ecc 7:11-12; Ecc 10:19Isa 5:8Jer 5:7-9;Jer 5:27-29; Jer 9:23; Jer 17:11; Jer 22:13-19; Jer 48:36Eze 7:19; Eze 28:5Hsa 12:8Amo 6:1-6Mic 6:12Zep 1:18Mat 6:19-21; Mat 13:22; Mat 19:16-29; Mat 27:57Mar 4:19; Mar 10:17-27Luk 6:24; Luk 12:15-21; Luk 16:13-14; Luk 16:20-26; Luk 19:21Ti 6:4-11; 1Ti 6:17-19Jam 1:9-11; Jam 2:6-7; Jam 5:1-51Jo 3:17Riches: The True Riches
Eph 3:8; 1Cr 1:30; Col 2:3; 1Pe 2:7
Riches: God Gives
1Sa 2:7; Ecc 5:19
Riches: To God Belongs This World's Riches
Hag 2:8
Riches: God Gives Power to Obtain
Deu 8:18
Riches: The Blessing of the Lord Brings
Pro 10:22
Riches: Give Worldly Power
Pro 22:7
Riches: Described As
Temporary
Pro 27:24
Uncertain
1Ti 6:17
Unsatisfying
Ecc 4:8; 5:10
Corruptible
Jam 5:2; 1Pe 1:18
Fleeting
Pro 23:5; Rev 18:16,17
Deceitful
Mat 13:22
Liable to be stolen
Mat 6:19
Perishable
Jer 48:36
Thick clay
Hab 2:6
Riches: Often an obstruction to the reception of the gospel
Mar 10:23-25
Riches: Deceitfulness Of, Chokes the Word
Mat 13:22
Riches: The Love Of, the Root of All Evil
1Ti 6:10
Riches: Often Lead To
Pride
Eze 28:5; Hsa 12:8
Forgetting God
Deu 8:13,14
Denying God
Pro 30:8,9
Forsaking God
Deu 32:15
Rebelling against God
Neh 9:25,26
Rejecting Christ
Mat 19:22; 10:22
Self-sufficiency
Pro 28:11
Anxiety
Ecc 5:12
An overbearing spirit
Pro 18:23
Violence
Mic 6:12
Oppression
Jam 2:6
Fraud
Jam 5:4
Sensual indulgence
Luk 16:19; Jam 5:5
Riches: Life Consists Not in Abundance Of
Luk 12:15
Riches: Be Not Over-Anxious For
Pro 30:8
Riches: Labour Not For
Pro 23:4
Riches: They Who Covet
Fall into temptation and a snare
1Ti 6:9
Fall into hurtful lusts
1Ti 6:9
Err from the faith
1Ti 6:10
Use unlawful means to acquire
Pro 28:20
Bring trouble on themselves
1Ti 6:10
Bring trouble on their families
Pro 15:27
Riches: Profit Not in the Day of Wrath
Pro 11:4
Riches: Cannot Secure Prosperity
Jam 1:11
Riches: Cannot Redeem the Soul
Psa 49:6-9; 1Pe 1:18
Riches: Cannot Deliver in the Day of God's Wrath
Zep 1:18; Rev 6:15-17
Riches: They Who Possess, Should
Ascribe them to God
1Ch 29:12
Not trust in them
Job 31:24; 1Ti 6:17
Not set the heart on them
Psa 62:10
Not boast of obtaining them
Deu 8:17
Not glory in them
Jer 9:23
Not hoard them up
Mat 6:19
Devote them to God's service
1Ch 29:3; Mar 12:42-44
Give of them to the poor
Mat 19:21; 1Jo 3:17
Use them in promoting the salvation of others
Luk 16:9
Be liberal in all things
1Ti 6:18
Esteem it a privilege to be allowed to give
1Ch 29:14
Not to be high-minded
1Ti 6:17
When converted, rejoice in being humbled
Jam 1:9,10
Riches: Heavenly Treasures Superior To
Mat 6:19,20
Riches: Of the Wicked Laid up for the Just
Pro 13:22
Riches: The Wicked
Often increase in
Psa 73:12
Often spend their day in
Job 21:13
Swallow down
Job 20:15
Trust in the abundance of
Psa 52:7
Heap up
Job 27:16; Psa 39:6; Ecc 2:26
Keep, to their hurt
Ecc 5:13
Boast themselves in
Psa 49:6; 52:7
Profit not by
Pro 11:4; 13:7; Ecc 5:11
Have trouble with
Pro 15:6; 1Ti 6:9,10
Must leave, to others
Psa 49:10
Riches: Vanity of Heaping Up
Psa 39:6; Ecc 5:10,11
Riches: Guilt of Trusting In
Job 31:24,28; Eze 28:4,5,8
Riches: Guilt of Rejoicing In
Job 31:25,28
Riches: Denunciations against Those Who
Get, by vanity
Pro 13:11; 21:6
Get, unlawfully
Jer 17:11
Increase, by oppression
Pro 22:16; Hab 2:6-8; Mic 2:2,3
Hoard up
Ecc 5:13,14; Jam 5:3
Trust in
Pro 11:28
Receive their consolation
Luk 6:24
Abuse
Jam 5:1,5
Spend, upon their appetite
Job 20:15-17
Folly and danger of trusting to-Illustrated
Luk 12:16-21
Riches: Danger of Misusing-Illustrated
Luk 16:19-25
Riches: Examples of Saints Possessing
Abram
Gen 13:2
Lot
Gen 13:5,6
Isaac
Gen 26:13,14
Jacob
Gen 32:5,10
Joseph
Gen 45:8,13
Boaz
Rth 2:1
Barzillai
2Sa 19:32
Shunammite
2Ki 4:8
David
1Ch 29:28
Jehoshaphat
2Ch 17:5
Hezekiah
2Ch 32:27-29
Job
Job 1:3
Joseph of Arimathea
Mat 27:57
Zacchaeus
Luk 19:2
Dorcas
Act 9:36
Riches: Examples of Those Truly Rich
Mat 5:8; 8:10; 13:45,46; Luk 10:42; Jhn 1:45; Phl 3:8; Jam 2:5; 1Pe 2:7; Rev 3:18
Riches: Examples of Wicked Men Possessing
Laban
Gen 30:30
Esau
Gen 36:7
Nabal
1Sa 25:2
Haman
Est 5:11
Ammonites
Jer 49:4
People of Tyre
Eze 28:5
Young man
Mat 19:22
Mammon:
mam'-un (Mamonas): A common Aramaic word (mamon) for riches, used in Mt 6:24 and in Lu 16:9,11,13. In these passages mammon merely means wealth, and is called "unrighteous," because the abuse of riches is more frequent than their right use. In Lu 16:13 there is doubtless personification, but there is no proof that there was in New Testament times a Syrian deity called Mammon. The application of the term in Matthew is apparent and requires no comment. In Lk, however, since the statement, "Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness," follows as a comment on the parable of the Unjust Steward, there is danger of the inference that Jesus approved the dishonest conduct of the steward and advised His disciples to imitate his example. On the contrary, the statement is added more as a corrective against this inference than as an application. ‘Do not infer,' He says, that honesty in the use of money is a matter of indifference. He that is unfaithful in little is unfaithful in much. So if you are not wise in the use of earthly treasure how can you hope to be entrusted with heavenly treasure?' The commendation is in the matter of foresight, not in the method. The steward tried to serve two masters, his lord and his lord's creditors, but the thing could not be done, as the sequel shows. Neither can men serve both God and riches exalted as an object of slavish servitude. Wealth, Jesus teaches, does not really belong to men, but as stewards they may use wealth prudently unto their eternal advantage. Instead of serving God and mammon alike we may serve God by the use of wealth, and thus lay up treasures for ourselves in heaven. Again, the parable is not to be interpreted as teaching that the wrong of dishonest gain may be atoned for by charity. Jesus is not dealing with the question of reparation. The object is to point out how one may best use wealth, tainted or otherwise, with a view to the future.
Written by Russell Benjamin Miller
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