Topic
Investment
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Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it. — read the full passage →
The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.
sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy; — read the full passage →
but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,
And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;
all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'
only when there is no needy one with thee, for Jehovah doth greatly bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--an inheritance to possess it.
`And when ye come in unto the land, and have planted all <FI>kinds<Fi> of trees <FI>for<Fi> food, then ye have reckoned as uncircumcised its fruit, three years it is to you uncircumcised, it is not eaten, — read the full passage →
Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →
and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?
Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.
the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.
be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;
Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.
every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →
I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →
but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind, — read the full passage →
And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →
`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing? — read the full passage →
Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts. — read the full passage →
Better <FI>is<Fi> a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.
Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'
`For--as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, — read the full passage →
<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →
On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot.
for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.
Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --
Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.
Whoso is lending <FI>to<Fi> Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.
and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,
An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.
Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase; — read the full passage →
`Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure--the heavens--to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou--thou dost not borrow.
for yourselves have known how it behoveth <FI>you<Fi> to imitate us, because we did not act disorderly among you; — read the full passage →
`And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter! — read the full passage →
for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.
A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field--go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
The good of eye--he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.
In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.
Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →
whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.
Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;
and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?
`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, — read the full passage →
`Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury. — read the full passage →
thou dost not bring a gift of a whore, or a price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow; for the abomination of Jehovah thy God <FI>are<Fi> even both of them.
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →
for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →
that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,
There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want. — read the full passage →
Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away. — read the full passage →
And God saith to Solomon, `Because that this hath been with thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, and honour, and the life of those hating thee, and also many days hast not asked, and dost ask for thyself wisdom and knowledge, so that thou dost judge My people over which I have caused thee to reign-- — read the full passage →
and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.
Perfect <FI>art<Fi> thou in thy ways, From the day of thy being produced, Till perversity hath been found in thee. — read the full passage →
Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: YLT.