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

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.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

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

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: — read the full passage →

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

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.

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

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

No man 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.

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

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

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

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.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

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

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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

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

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

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. — read the full passage →

If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

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

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

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

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

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

Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.

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.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. — read the full passage →

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. — read the full passage →

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. — read the full passage →

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

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

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

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. — 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 careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

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

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: — read the full passage →

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? — read the full passage →

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. — read the full passage →

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. — read the full passage →

But godliness with contentment is great gain. — read the full passage →