13 Bible Verses about Finance
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And he told them a parable, saying, The farm of a certain rich man produced abundantly; and he reasoned in himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have no place where I shall bring together my fruits? And he said, I will do this; I will take down my storehouses and build greater; and there will I bring together all my produce and my goods;read more.
and I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years rest, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself. But God said to him, Foolish man, this night they shall require your soul from you; and who then will have the goods which you have provided? So is every one that lays up treasures for himself and is not rich in God.
For what man of you wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the expense, whether he has the means to finish? lest having laid its foundation, and not being able to finish, all who see ridicule him, saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where a moth and corrosion destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal. But lay up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither a moth nor corrosion destroys, and where thieves dig not through nor steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Owe no man any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another has fully performed the law.
Jesus said to him, If you will be perfect, go and sell your property, and give to the poor, and you shall have a treasure in heaven; and come and follow me.
And whoever has the goods of the world and sees his brother have need, and withholds his compassions from him, how continues the love of God in him?
And if any one provides not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
if one exhorts in the exhortation, he that gives, with simplicity, he that rules, with diligence, he that exercises mercy, with cheerfulness.
Charge the rich in the present life not to be high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God who gives us all things richly to enjoy,
to perform good works, to be rich in good works, to be liberal, benevolent,
For the love of money is a root of all evils, which some having desired have been misled from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
AND he also said to the disciples, There was a certain rich man that had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his property. And calling him, he said to him, What is this which I hear of you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can be no longer a steward. And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.read more.
I know what I will do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. And calling each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe my lord? And he said, A hundred baths [1,350 gallons] of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then he said to another, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred cors [1,445 bushels] of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write eighty. And the lord praised the unjust steward, because he did wisely; for the children of this life are wiser, for their generation, than the children of light. And I tell you, Make yourselves friends of the riches procured by injustice, that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If, therefore, you have not been faithful in the riches procured by injustice, who will commit to you the true? And if you have not been faithful in another's, who will give you yours? No domestic can serve two masters; for he will either hate the first and love the other, or he will adhere to the first and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches.
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Hebrews 13:5Let your life be without avarice, and be contented with what you have; for he said, I will never leave you, I will never forsake you;