Investment

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. — read the full passage →

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

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. — read the full passage →

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

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.

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.

Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. — read the full passage →

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; — read the full passage →

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

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

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: — read the full passage →

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

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 →

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. — read the full passage →

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

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.

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 →

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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

She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

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;

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 hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

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:

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

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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

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.

For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; — read the full passage →

His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

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 →

Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

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: — 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.

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 →

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. — read the full passage →

The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. — read the full passage →

And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: — read the full passage →

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.

Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. — read the full passage →

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