Managing Money

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

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?

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

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.”

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase: — read the full passage →

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

“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 →

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

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.

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

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. — read the full passage →

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

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

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; — read the full passage →

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

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →