48 Bible Verses about Finances
Most Relevant Verses
because wisdom is protection as money is protection,
and the advantage of knowledge
is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for He Himself has said, I will never leave you or forsake you.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
“Come, everyone who is thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you without money,
come, buy, and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost!
Give a portion to seven or even to eight,
for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes?
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous money so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.
Then the Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching about God to handle financial matters.
Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,
but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.
They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as anyone had a need.
On the first day of the week, each of you is to set something aside and save in keeping with how he prospers, so that no collections will need to be made when I come.
then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the Lord your God chooses.
For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”
When the money from the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die here in front of you? The money is gone!”
“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?
At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul. For this reason he sent for him quite often and conversed with him.
The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.
But no accounting is to be required from them for the money put into their hands since they work with integrity.”
and laid them at the apostles’ feet. This was then distributed for each person’s basic needs.
strangers will drain your resources,
and your earnings will end up in a foreigner’s house.
Why do you spend money on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.
Now I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, for I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;
it takes the lives of those who receive it.
Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were purchasing, and he brought the money to Pharaoh’s palace.
He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;
God will force it from his stomach.
“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined it. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. “Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
One person gives freely,
yet gains more;
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.
You have planted much
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to become drunk.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it.”
“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest so that he may total up the money brought into the Lord’s temple—the money the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
When the Lord your God blesses you as He has promised you, you will lend to many nations but not borrow; you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.
Place no trust in oppression,
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.
but remember that the Lord your God gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant He swore to your fathers, as it is today.
Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?
So if you have not been faithful with the unrighteous money, who will trust you with what is genuine?
Jesus went into the temple complex and drove out all those buying and selling in the temple. He overturned the money changers’ tables and the chairs of those selling doves.
He called 10 of his slaves, gave them 10 minas, and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’
I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not ruin the produce of your land and your vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the Lord of Hosts.
The one who is taught the message must share all his good things with the teacher.
Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this way,” says the Lord of Hosts. “See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure.
But you say, ‘Whoever tells his father or mother, “Whatever benefit you might have received from me is a gift committed to the temple”—
Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,
her priests teach for payment,
and her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord among us?
No disaster will overtake us.”
