he was.

Mark 6:26
The king was overwhelmed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

2 Corinthians 7:9, 10
And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us. . . .

How.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you--a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build, . . .

Deuteronomy 8:11-17
Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day. . . .

Psalm 10:3
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

Psalm 73:5-12
They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men. . . .

Proverbs 11:28
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

Proverbs 18:11
A rich man's wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.

Proverbs 30:9
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, "Who is the LORD?" Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

Jeremiah 2:31
You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, 'We are free to roam; we will come to You no more'?

Jeremiah 5:5
I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God. But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

Matthew 19:23-25
Then Jesus said to His disciples, "Truly I tell you, it is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. . . .

Mark 10:23-27
Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!" . . .

1 Corinthians 1:26, 27
Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth. . . .

1 Timothy 6:9, 10
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. . . .

James 2:5-7
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him? . . .

James 5:1-6
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail for the misery to come upon you. . . .