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

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

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

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.

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.

“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.

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?

Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

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

For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.

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.”

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

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

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

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

Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

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.

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

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

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow.

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

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

A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow. — read the full passage →

At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts. — read the full passage →

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest. — 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 →

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.

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.

You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. — read the full passage →

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

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

For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts. — read the full passage →

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

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ — read the full passage →

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

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

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

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.” — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. — read the full passage →

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

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.

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

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 →

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

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

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

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

Yes, I beg you also, true partner, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

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.

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

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.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

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

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

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.”

“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.”

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew;

But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

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

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.