# The Rich Man — Olney Hymns character guide

> The Rich Man in Olney Hymns by John Newton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Man

**First appearance:** 0002-book-i-on-select-texts-of-scripture

## Who they are

The wealthy man in the parable who ignored Lazarus and suffered in torment.

## Relationships

### [Jesus Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/characters/jesus_christ)

_rivalry_

Jesus challenges the rich man's priorities, exposing the emptiness of material wealth without faith.

### [Jesus Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/characters/jesus_christ)

_rivalry_

Jesus challenges the rich man's priorities, exposing the emptiness of material wealth without faith.

### [Jesus Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/characters/jesus_christ)

_rivalry_

Jesus challenges the rich man's priorities, exposing the emptiness of material wealth without faith.

## In the story

### [The Worldling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/102-the-worldling)

The worldling who boasts of his barns and ease, only to hear God's sudden doom.

### [The Rich Man and Lazarus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/105-the-rich-man-and-lazarus)

A worldly man who lived in luxury and ignored the beggar at his gate; after death, he suffers in hell and pleads for relief.

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