Economics

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

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

“Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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

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.”

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

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap. — 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.

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

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

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

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

You shall not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you. — 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 →

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

“You shall not steal.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.” — read the full passage →

The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying, — read the full passage →

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.”

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

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 →

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.

Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’

Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don’t go from house to house.

Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

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

“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

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

“‘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.’”

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,

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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.

“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 second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.

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

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

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

He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. — read the full passage →

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

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 →

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

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

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.

You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you.”

Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

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

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

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

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

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

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

“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.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

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

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

You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light. — read the full passage →

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

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

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

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

“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. — 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 →

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

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. — read the full passage →

“If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; — read the full passage →

But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

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.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

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

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

“‘In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property. — read the full passage →

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