Budgeting

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? — read the full passage →

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; — read the full passage →

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; — read the full passage →

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. — read the full passage →

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds: — read the full passage →

On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established; — read the full passage →

The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. — read the full passage →

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase: — read the full passage →

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly. — read the full passage →

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. — read the full passage →

The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise. — read the full passage →

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds: — read the full passage →

Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

While you kept it, didn’t it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn’t it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God.” — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.

May He grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” — read the full passage →

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. — read the full passage →

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. — read the full passage →

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, — read the full passage →

For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills. — read the full passage →

For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times? — read the full passage →