48 Bible Verses about Finances

For wisdom provides protection, just as money provides protection. But the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you and I will never abandon you."

For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;

"Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.

When someone's prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.

Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need.

On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.

you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the Lord your God chooses for himself.

For this is what the Lord says: "You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money."

When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?"

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would give him money, and for this reason he sent for Paul as often as possible and talked with him.

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver, for they are honest."

and placing them at the apostles' feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need.

lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man's house.

Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!

Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's palace.

The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.

For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either.

You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?' asks the Lord who rules over all. 'Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house!

One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'

You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.'"

"Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord's temple and has been collected by the guards at the door.

For the Lord your God will bless you just as he has promised; you will lend to many nations but will not borrow from any, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.

Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

You must remember the Lord your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day.

The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?

If then you haven't been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?

Then Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business with these until I come back.'

Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.

Then I will stop the plague from ruining your crops, and the vine will not lose its fruit before harvest," says the Lord who rules over all.

Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches it.

"Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter," says the Lord who rules over all, "to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all.

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

But you say, 'If someone tells his father or mother, "Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,"

Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, "The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!"