Managing Money

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

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

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

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

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

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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

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

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

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.

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 →

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

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

But thou shalt remember the Lord 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 it is this day.

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.

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

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

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. — read the full passage →

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. — read the full passage →

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

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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.

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

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

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

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

Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →