Bible Verses about 'Money'
- One who is covetous will never be satisfied with money,
nor will the lover of wealth be content with gain.
This too is vanity. - 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.”
- 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.
- Wealth hastily acquired will dwindle away,
but when amassed little by little, it will increase. - No one can serve two masters. For you will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- 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. - 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. - For where your treasure is, there will your heart also be.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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. - Which one of you, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has sufficient funds for its completion?
- 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.
- 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. - 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. - Jesus replied, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
- That is why you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, and they devote themselves to this service.
- Moreover, the one to whom God grants wealth and possessions and the ability to enjoy them and to find contentment in his toil receives a gift from God.
- The wealth of a rich man is his stronghold;
he regards it as a high wall that cannot be scaled. - Riches will be of no avail on the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death. - If anyone is rich in worldly possessions
and sees a brother in need
but refuses to open his heart,
how can the love of God abide in him? - I know how to live with little, and I know how to live with plenty. In any and all circumstances, I have learned the secret of being well fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need.
- Treasures obtained by wicked means profit nothing,
but a righteous life brings delivery from death. - I rejoice in following your statutes
more than I would rejoice in endless riches. - Wealth and honor are from you,
you reign over all.
In your hand are power and might;
it to is in your hand make great and to give strength to all. - Then Peter asked, “Ananias, why has Satan so gained control of your heart that you lied to the Holy Spirit and retained part of the sale price of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not belong to you? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds yours? What caused you to contrive this scheme? You have lied not to men but to God.”
- A house and wealth are inherited from parents,
but a prudent wife is a gift from the Lord. - The Lord makes poor and makes rich,
he humbles and he also exalts. - As sorrowful, and yet we are always rejoicing; as poor, and yet we make many rich; as having nothing, and yet we possess everything.
- Dispose my heart to follow your statutes
and to flee selfish gain. - It is better to have little and be righteous
than to acquire great riches with injustice. - Thereupon the Lord restored the prosperity of Job after he had prayed for his friends, and he enriched him with twice as much as he had possessed before.
- The future bodes well for him
who is generous in helping those in need
and who conducts his affairs with justice. - When riches increase,
so do those who are eager to accumulate them,
and those who have accumulated them must remain content
simply to feast their eyes on them. - The wealthy man lords it over the poor,
and the borrower becomes the slave of the lender. - The wicked man borrows but neglects to repay,
whereas the righteous man is generous in giving. - The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but worldly cares and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit.
- A wealthy man pays a ransom to save his life;
a poor man never has to worry about such threats. - The brother who is in modest circumstances should take pride in being raised up. Likewise, the one who is rich should glory in being brought low, for he will disappear like a flower of the field.
- Do not make gods from silver or from gold instead of me. You will not make them for yourselves.
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