Bible Verses about Money
- Do not succumb to the love of money, but be content with what you have, for God has said, “I will never forsake you or abandon you.”
- Wealth hastily acquired will dwindle away,
but when amassed little by little, it will increase. - However, those who want riches fall into temptations and are trapped into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- The blessing of the Lord is what brings wealth,
and our toil adds nothing to it. - Do not wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth,
and cease even to think about it. - One who is covetous will never be satisfied with money,
nor will the lover of wealth be content with gain.
This too is vanity. - Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your crops. - It is better to have a little and fear the Lord
than to possess immense wealth and suffer anguish. - After this, he said to the crowd, “Take care to be on your guard against all kinds of greed. Life does not depend upon an abundance of one’s possessions.”
- For where your treasure is, there will your heart also be.
- Pay to each person what is rightfully his—taxes to the one to whom taxes are due, tolls to the one to whom tolls are due, respect to the one to whom respect is due, honor to the one to whom honor is due.
- It is better to acquire wisdom rather than gold,
and more desirable to acquire understanding rather than silver. - But who am I, and what are your people,
that we should be able to do this?
All things belong to you,
and everything that we have given you is from your hand. - Instruct those who are rich in this world’s goods that they should not be proud, nor should they trust in the uncertainty of riches but rather in God who richly provides us with everything we need for our enjoyment.
- His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Since you have been faithful in small matters, I will give you much greater responsibilities. Come and share your master’s joy.’
- Keep falsehood and lying far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but simply provide me with the food that I need. - The love of money is the root of all evils, and in their desire for it some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many serious wounds.
- A man’s attraction is his kindness;
it is far better to be poor than to be a liar. - Preferable is the little that the righteous possess
than the great wealth of the wicked.
For the power of the wicked will be overcome,
but the Lord protects the righteous. - An honorable name is more to be desired than great riches,
and high esteem is preferable to silver and gold. - When you fix your gaze upon it,
it is gone before you realize it.
For it suddenly sprouts wings
and flies up to the sky like an eagle. - The Lord, your God, will bless you as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none. You shall rule over many nations, but none shall rule over you.
- That is why you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, and they devote themselves to this service.
- Riches will be of no avail on the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death. - The wealth of a rich man is his stronghold;
he regards it as a high wall that cannot be scaled.
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