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The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

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

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. — read the full passage →

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. — read the full passage →

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, — read the full passage →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: — read the full passage →

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. — read the full passage →

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. — read the full passage →

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.