Capitalism

“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.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; — read the full passage →

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion. — read the full passage →

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”

She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard. — read the full passage →

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”

Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.’”

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.

What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?

To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. — read the full passage →

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

Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

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

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: “Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.” — read the full passage →

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

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

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

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

with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon: — read the full passage →

He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth: — read the full passage →

But when day had already come, Jesus stood on the beach, yet the disciples didn’t know that it was Jesus. — read the full passage →

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. — read the full passage →

I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. — read the full passage →

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

He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them. — read the full passage →

yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortionists, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world. — read the full passage →

He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.” — read the full passage →

I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. — read the full passage →

Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works. — read the full passage →

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth. — read the full passage →

I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come and see!” — read the full passage →

But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives. — read the full passage →

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you; — read the full passage →

Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia; — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, — read the full passage →

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. — read the full passage →

When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” — read the full passage →

“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 →

When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, — read the full passage →

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters. — read the full passage →

He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness. — read the full passage →

Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him. — read the full passage →

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies. — read the full passage →

Listen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say. — read the full passage →

Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime; — read the full passage →

“For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died. — read the full passage →

“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him. — read the full passage →

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters. — read the full passage →

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. — read the full passage →

Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us: Look, and see our reproach. — read the full passage →

The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet. — read the full passage →

saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: — read the full passage →

Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you, — read the full passage →

Thus said Yahweh: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, — read the full passage →

You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously? — read the full passage →

Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed; and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of betrayal, you will be betrayed. — read the full passage →

The burden of Egypt: “Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. — read the full passage →

Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored. — read the full passage →

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty. — read the full passage →

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction. — read the full passage →

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats. — read the full passage →

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. — read the full passage →

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil. — read the full passage →

An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.” — read the full passage →

You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands. — read the full passage →

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, — read the full passage →

Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. — read the full passage →

If someone is found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him; — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to Moses in Mount Sinai, — read the full passage →

“He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed. — read the full passage →

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you. — read the full passage →

I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!” — read the full passage →

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. — read the full passage →

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. — read the full passage →

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. — read the full passage →

Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name. — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.” — read the full passage →