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.
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
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.”
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”
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.”
“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. — read the full passage →
But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; — read the full passage →
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying, — read the full passage →
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. — read the full passage →
Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.
“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →
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.
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. — read the full passage →
Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. — read the full passage →
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. — read the full passage →
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? — read the full passage →
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →
Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.” — 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 →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: WEB.