Making Money

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.

No man 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. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.

Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Forit isaswhena man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom. — read the full passage →

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. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

and lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. — read the full passage →

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.

He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

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

And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying, — read the full passage →

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul: — read the full passage →

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition. — read the full passage →

Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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

And Jehovah called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying, — read the full passage →

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much. — read the full passage →

Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.

The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field;

Behold, a day of Jehovah cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. — read the full passage →

Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways. — read the full passage →

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

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

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, Andhe that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth 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 pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream. — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments. — read the full passage →

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains. — read the full passage →

I am inquired of by them that asked notfor me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. — read the full passage →

She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion. — read the full passage →

Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold. — read the full passage →

Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward: — read the full passage →

And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars; — read the full passage →

The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. — read the full passage →

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds: — read the full passage →

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

And it came to pass after the plague, that Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, — read the full passage →

Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much. — read the full passage →

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it? — read the full passage →

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds: — read the full passage →

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.

Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase: — read the full passage →

Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. — read the full passage →

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah 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.