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.
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.’”
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.”
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.
“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.
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 →
I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need. — read the full passage →
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
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.
“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.
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.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →
Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed. — read the full passage →
Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you. — read the full passage →
I am the good shepherd.The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. — read the full passage →
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.”
“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.”
Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, — 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. — read the full passage →
Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’ — read the full passage →
“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’ — read the full passage →
doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — read the full passage →
For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, attending continually on this very thing. — read the full passage →
A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting. — read the full passage →
Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.” — read the full passage →
He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all. — 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 →
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! — read the full passage →
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. — read the full passage →
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →
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.
All who believed were together, and 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 →
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.”
He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back. — read the full passage →
“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 the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. — read the full passage →
Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
“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 →
constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.
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.
doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
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 →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: WEB.