Spending Money

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.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

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.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

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 →

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

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

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

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

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

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

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? — read the full passage →

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. — read the full passage →

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. — read the full passage →

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

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.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. — read the full passage →

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. — read the full passage →

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. — read the full passage →

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? — read the full passage →