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Adjective plousios (rich) in the Bible
(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 19: 23 | Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich (plousios) person to enter the kingdom of heaven. |
| 19: 24 | Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich (plousios) to enter the kingdom of God." |
| 27: 57 | When it was evening, there came a rich (plousios) man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. |
Mark
| 10: 25 | It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich (plousios) to enter the kingdom of God." |
| 12: 41 | He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich (plousios) people put in large sums. |
Luke
| 6: 24 | "But woe to you who are rich (plousios), for you have received your consolation. |
| 12: 16 | Then he told them a parable: "The land of a rich (plousios) man produced abundantly. |
| 14: 12 | He said also to the one who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich (plousios) neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. |
| 16: 1 | Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich (plousios) man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. |
| 16: 19 | "There was a rich (plousios) man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. |
| 16: 21 | who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich (plousios) man's table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. |
| 16: 22 | The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich (plousios) man also died and was buried. |
| 18: 23 | But when he heard this, he became sad; for he was very rich (plousios). |
| 18: 25 | Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich (plousios) to enter the kingdom of God." |
| 19: 2 | A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich (plousios). |
| 21: 1 | He looked up and saw rich (plousios) people putting their gifts into the treasury; |
2 Corinthians
| 8: 9 | For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich (plousios), yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might enriched. |
Ephesians
| 2: 4 | But God, who is rich (plousios) in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us |
1 Timothy
| 6: 17 | As for those who in the present age are rich (plousios), command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. |
James
| 1: 10 | and the rich (plousios) in being brought low, because he will disappear like a flower in the field. |
| 1: 11 | For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. It is the same way with the rich (plousios); in the midst of a busy life, they will wither away. |
| 2: 5 | Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich (plousios) in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? |
| 2: 6 | But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich (plousios) who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court? |
| 5: 1 | Come now, you rich (plousios) people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. |
Revelation
| 2: 9 | "I know your affliction and your poverty, even though you are rich (plousios). I know the slander on the part of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. |
| 3: 17 | For you say, 'I am rich (plousios), I have prospered, and I need nothing.' You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. |
| 6: 15 | Then the kings of the earth and the magnates and the generals and the rich (plousios) and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, |
| 13: 16 | Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich (plousios) and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, |
Genesis (LXX)
| 13: 2 | And Abram was very rich (plousios) in cattle, and silver, and gold. |
1 Samuel (LXX: 1 Kings)
| 2: 10 | The Lord will weaken his adversary; the Lord is holy. Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man boast in his strength, and let not the rich (plousios) man boast in his wealth; but let him that boasts boast in this, to understand and know the Lord, and to execute judgment and justice in the midst of the earth. The Lord has gone up to the heavens, and has thundered: he will judge the extremities of the earth, and he gives strength to our kings, and will exalt the horn of his Christ. And she left him there before the Lord, |
2 Samuel (LXX: 2 Kings)
| 12: 1 | And the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David; and he went in to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city, one rich (plousios) and the other poor. |
| 12: 2 | And the rich (plousios) man had very many flocks and herds. |
| 12: 4 | And a traveller came to the rich (plousios) man, and he spared to take of his flocks and of his herds, to dress for the traveller that came to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that came to him. |
Isaiah (LXX)
| 5: 14 | Therefore hell has enlarged its desire and opened its mouth without ceasing: and her glorious and great, and her rich (plousios) and her pestilent men shall go down into it. |
| 32: 9 | Rise up, ye rich (plousios) women, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, hearken to my words. |
| 32: 13 | As for the land of my people, the thorn and grass shall come upon it, and joy shall be removed from rich house. [As for] the rich (plousios) city... |
| 33: 20 | Behold the city Sion, our refuge: thine eyes shall behold Jerusalem, a rich (plousios) city, tabernacles which shall not be shaken, neither shall the pins of her tabernacle be moved for ever, neither shall her cords be at all broken: |
| 53: 9 | And I will give the wicked for his burial, and the rich (plousios) for his death; for he practised no iniquity, nor craft with his mouth. |
Jeremiah (LXX)
| 9: 22 (23) | Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength, and let not the rich (plousios) man boast in his wealth; |
| 24: 1 | The Lord shewed me two baskets of figs, lying in front of the temple of the Lord, after Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried captive Jechonias son of Joakim king of Juda, and the princes, and the artificers, and the prisoners, and the rich (plousios) men out of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. |
Daniel (LXX: Theodotion version)
| 13: 4 | Now Joacim was a very rich (plousios) man, and had a fair garden joining unto his house; and to him resorted the Jews; because he was more honourable than all others. |
Job (LXX)
| 27: 19 | The rich (plousios) man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not. |
Ecclesiasticus (LXX)
| 10: 6 | The fool has been set in very high places, while rich (plousios) men would sit in a low one. |
| 10: 20 | Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich (plousios) in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which has wings shall report thy speech. |
Esther (LXX)
| 1: 20 | And let the law of the king which he shall have made, be widely proclaimed, in his kingdom: and so shall all the women give honour to their husbands, from the poor even to the rich (plousios). |
Ruth (LXX)
| 3: 10 | And Booz said, Blessed be thou of the Lord God, my daughter, for thou hast made thy latter kindness greater than the former, in that thou followest not after young men, whether any be poor or rich (plousios). |
Proverbs (LXX)
| 10: 15 | The wealth of rich (plousios) men is a strong city; but poverty is the ruin of the ungodly. |
| 14: 20 | Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich (plousios) are many. |
| 18: 11 | The wealth of a rich (plousios) man is a strong city; and its glory casts a broad shadow. |
| 19: 22 | Mercy is a fruit to a man: and a poor man is better than a rich (plousios) liar. |
| 22: 2 | The rich (plousios) and the poor meet together; but the Lord made them both. |
| 22: 7 | The rich (plousios) will rule over the poor, and servants will lend to their own masters. |
| 22: 16 | He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich (plousios) so as to make it less. |
| 23: 4 | If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich (plousios) man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom. |
| 28: 6 | A poor man walking in truth is better than a rich (plousios) liar. |
| 28: 11 | A rich (plousios) man is wise in his own conceit; but an intelligent poor man will condemn him. |
Psalms (LXX)
| 10 (9):8 (29) | He lies in wait with rich (plousios) men in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor. |
| 34 (33):10 (11) | The rich (plousios) have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause. |
| 45 (44):12 (13) | And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich (plousios) of the people of the land shall supplicate thy favour. |
| 49 (48):2 (3) | both the sons of mean men, and sons of great men; the rich (plousios) and poor man together. |
1 Esdras (LXX)
| 3: 19 | it maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich (plousios): |
| 3: 21 | and it maketh every heart rich (plousios), so that a man remembereth neither king nor governor; and it maketh to speak all things by talents: |
Sirach (LXX)
| 8: 2 | Be not at variance with a rich (plousios) man, lest he overweigh thee: for gold hath destroyed many, and perverted the hearts of kings. |
| 10: 22 | Whether he be rich (plousios), noble, or poor, their glory is the fear of the Lord. |
| 10: 30 | The poor man is honoured for his skill, and the rich (plousios) man is honoured for his riches. |
| 13: 3 | The rich (plousios) man hath done wrong, and yet he threateneth withal: the poor is wronged, and he must intreat also. |
| 13: 18 | What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? and what peace between the rich (plousios) and the poor? |
| 13: 19 | As the wild ass is the lion's prey in the wilderness: so the rich (plousios) eat up the poor. |
| 13: 20 | As the proud hate humility: so doth the rich (plousios) abhor the poor. |
| 13: 21 | A rich (plousios) man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: but a poor man being down is thrust away by his friends. |
| 13: 22 | When a rich (plousios) man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him: the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place. |
| 13: 23 | When a rich (plousios) man speaketh, every man holdeth his tongue, and, look, what he saith, they extol it to the clouds: but if the poor man speak, they say, What fellow is this? and if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him. |
| 25: 2 | Three sorts of men my soul hateth, and I am greatly offended at their life: a poor man that is proud, a rich (plousios) man that is a liar, and an old adulterer that doateth. |
| 26: 4 | Whether a man be rich (plousios) or poor, if he have a good heart toward the Lord, he shall at all times rejoice with a cheerful countenance. |
| 30: 14 | Better is the poor, being sound and strong of constitution, than a rich (plousios) man that is afflicted in his body. |
| 31: 3 | 3 The rich (plousios) hath great labour in gathering riches together; and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates. |
| 31: 8 | 8 Blessed is the rich (plousios) that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold. |
| 44: 6 | Rich (plousios) men furnished with ability, living peaceably in their habitations: |
1 Maccabees (LXX)
| 6: 2 | and that there was in it a very rich (plousios) temple, wherein were coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields, which Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian king, who reigned first among the Grecians, had left there: |
Psalms of Solomon (LXX)
| 5: 14 | But your gift is abundantly good and rich (plousios), and those who place their hope in you will not lack gifts. |
| 18: 1 | Lord, Thy mercy is over the works of Thy hands for ever; Thy goodness is over Israel with a rich (plousios) gift. |
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