10 Bible Verses about A Fool And His Money Shall Part

“He swallows [his ill-gotten] riches,
But will vomit them up;
God will drive them out of his belly.

There is precious treasure and oil in the house of the wise [who prepare for the future],
But a short-sighted and foolish man swallows it up and wastes it.

For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take any [extra] oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil along with their lamps.

Great and priceless treasure is in the house of the [consistently] righteous one [who seeks godly instruction and grows in wisdom],
But trouble is in the income of the wicked one [who rejects the laws of God].

Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to do without and be in need.

Now Jesus was also saying to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager [of his estate], and accusations [against this man] were brought to him, that this man was squandering his [master’s] possessions.

Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But he who gathers gradually by [honest] labor will increase [his riches].

The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.

For he sees that even wise men die;
The fool and the stupid alike perish
And leave their wealth to others.

“Do not store up for yourselves [material] treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal;