Money

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 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.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

“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.

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

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

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.”

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 →

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

“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 →

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

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?

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

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

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

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;

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

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.

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.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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.

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 →

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.

“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 weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

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

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.

On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. — read the full passage →

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. — 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.

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.’”

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion. — read the full passage →

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ — read the full passage →

Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

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

Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

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

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys. — read the full passage →

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

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

“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 →

Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

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

Every man shall give as he is able, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

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

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

All who believed were together, and had all things in common. — read the full passage →

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me; — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

“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 said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” — read the full passage →

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. — read the full passage →

He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.