Occurrences
ʻâshîyr occurs 23 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Ruth (1), 2 Samuel (3), Job (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (9), Ecclesiastes (3), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Micah (1)
- Exodus 30:15 — The rich (הֶֽעָשִׁ֣יר) shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
- Ruth 3:10 — And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich (עָשִֽׁיר).
- 2 Samuel 12:1 — And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich (עָשִׁ֖יר), and the other poor.
- 2 Samuel 12:2 — The rich (לְעָשִׁ֗יר) man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
- 2 Samuel 12:4 — And there came a traveller unto the rich (הֶֽעָשִׁיר֒) man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
- Job 27:19 — The rich man (עָשִׁ֣יר) shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
- Psalms 45:12 — And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich (עֲשִׁ֣ירֵי) among the people shall intreat thy favour.
- Psalms 49:2 — Both low and high, rich (עָשִׁ֥יר) and poor, together.
- Proverbs 10:15 — The rich man’s (עָ֭שִׁיר) wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- Proverbs 14:20 — The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich (עָשִׁ֣יר) hath many friends.
- Proverbs 18:11 — The rich man’s (עָ֭שִׁיר) wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
- Proverbs 18:23 — The poor useth intreaties; but the rich (וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר) answereth roughly.
- Proverbs 22:2 — The rich (עָשִׁ֣יר) and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
- Proverbs 22:7 — The rich (עָ֭שִׁיר) ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
- Proverbs 22:16 — He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich (לְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר), shall surely come to want.
- Proverbs 28:6 — Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich (עָשִֽׁיר).
- Proverbs 28:11 — The rich (עָשִׁ֑יר) man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
- Ecclesiastes 5:12 — The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich (לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר) will not suffer him to sleep.
- Ecclesiastes 10:6 — Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich (וַעֲשִׁירִ֖ים) sit in low place.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20 — Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich (עָשִׁ֑יר) in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
- Isaiah 53:9 — And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich (עָשִׁ֖יר) in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
- Jeremiah 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich (עָשִׁ֖יר) man glory in his riches:
- Micah 6:12 — For the rich men (עֲשִׁירֶ֙יהָ֙) thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.