Get Rich Quick Schemes

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

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty. — read the full passage →

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.” — read the full passage →

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.

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.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

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

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.”

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

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

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

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

A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke. — read the full passage →

As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

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,

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

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.”

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

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

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

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

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun. — read the full passage →

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm. — read the full passage →

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’ — read the full passage →

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.

Pride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is wisdom.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and Yahweh’s fire burnt among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. — read the full passage →

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

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 →

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

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

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

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. — read the full passage →

lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

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

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

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

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 →

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 Yahweh weighs the hearts.