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

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

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.

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.

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

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

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

A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. — read the full passage →

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

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 sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

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

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

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. — read the full passage →

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. — read the full passage →

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? — read the full passage →

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. — read the full passage →

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

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.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

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

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

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — 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 →

A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

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

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 →

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.