48 Bible Verses about Finances
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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.
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.
For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Ho, everyone who thirsts, come ye to the waters. And he who has no money, come ye, buy, and eat. Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Give a portion to seven, yea, even to eight, for thou know not what evil shall be upon the earth.
When goods increase, they are increased who eat them. And what advantage is there to the owner of it, except the beholding [of them] with his eyes?
And I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the mammon of unrighteousness, so that, when ye cease, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
And the twelve, having summoned the multitude of the disciples, they said, It is not right for us, having left the word of God behind, to serve tables.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.
And they sold properties and possessions, and divided them to all, according as any man had need.
Upon the first day of the week let each of you set something aside near himself, storing up whatever he may prosper, so that when I come no collections may be made then.
then thou shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shall go to the place which LORD thy God shall choose.
For thus says LORD: Ye were sold for nothing, and ye shall be redeemed without money.
And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread, for why should we die in thy presence? For [our] money fails.
For which of you wanting to build a tower, does not, having first sat down, count the cost whether he has the things for completion?
He also hoped simultaneously that money would be given him by Paul so that he might free him. And so, summoning him more frequently, he conversed with him.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
However there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, for they dealt faithfully.
and placed them at the apostles' feet. And it was distributed to each, according as any man had need.
lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,
Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Behold, a third time I fare readily to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not the things of you, but you. For the children ought not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
for we brought nothing into the world. It is clear that neither can we carry anything out,
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little, and when ye brought it home, I blew upon it. Why? says LORD of hosts. Because of my house that lays waste while ye run each man to his own house.
There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.
Ye have sown much, and bring in little. Ye eat, but ye have not enough. Ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink. Ye clothe yourselves, but there is none warm. And he who earns wages earns wages [to put] into a bag with holes.
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of LORD, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people.
For LORD thy God will bless thee as he promised thee, and thou shall lend to many nations, but thou shall not borrow, and thou shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart [on it].
But thou shall remember LORD thy God, for it is he who gives thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to thy fathers, as at this day.
And having felt compassion, the lord of that bondman released him, and forgave him the debt.
But Peter said, Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back from the price of the land?
If therefore ye did not become faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you what is true?
And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple. And he overturned the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of those who sold the doves.
And having called ten of his bondmen, he gave them ten minas and said to them, Do business until I come.
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground, nor shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, says LORD of hosts.
But let him who is taught in the word share in all good things with him who teaches.
Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now with this, says LORD of hosts, if I will not open to you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be
But ye say, Whoever may say to the father or the mother, Whatever thou might have benefited from me is an offering.
The heads of it judge for a bribe, and the priests of it teach for a wage, and the prophets of it divine for money. Yet they lean upon LORD, and say, Is not LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.