61 Bible Verses about Money, Attitudes To

Remember that Jehovah your God gives you the strength to make a living. That is how he keeps the promise he made to your fathers.

Jehovah takes away and He gives riches. He brings low and lifts up high.

I will also give you what you did not ask for. All your life you will have wealth and honor, more than that of any other king.

Riches and honor are with me. Yes, durable riches and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, yes, better than fine gold. My yield is better than choice silver. I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:read more.
I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth. I will fill their treasuries.

Command those who are rich in this present system not to be high-minded (arrogant), not to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

You cannot serve two masters. You will hate one and love the other. You will be loyal to one master and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money (wealth) (material possessions).

No one can serve two masters. He will hate one and love the other. He will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

For you know this with certainty, that no fornicator, no unclean person, no covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear the word and go their own way. They are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce fruit.

Hearing this the Pharisees made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.

not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous (lovers of money), arrogant, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful (ungrateful), unholy,

The overseer must be blameless as God's steward. He must not be self-willed, not prone to anger, not a brawler, and not violent (quarrelsome) (pugnacious), not greedy of dishonest gain.

You should be free from the love of money. Be content with what you have, for he has said: I will not leave you. I will not forsake you.

Shepherd the flock of God in your care. Exercise the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God. Do not do it for dishonest gain, but eagerly.

You will eat all you want. You will build nice houses and live in them. Your herds and flocks, silver and gold, and all that you have will increase. When this happens, be careful that you do not become arrogant and forget Jehovah your God. He brought you out of slavery in Egypt.

If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence,

Here is the man who did not make God his strength (refuge) (stronghold). He trusted in the abundance of his riches. He strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Do not count on extortion to make you rich. Do not hope to gain anything through robbery. When riches increase, do not depend on them.

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath. Righteousness delivers from death.

Riches are not forever: and a crown does not endure for every generation.

What will you do on the day you are called to account for these things, when destruction comes from far away? Where will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

Moab, you trusted in your strength and your wealth, but now even you will be conquered. Your god Chemosh will go into exile, along with his princes and priests.

He spoke an illustration to them: The land of a rich man produced well. He reasoned to himself, what will I do? I have nowhere to store my fruits? He said: I would pull down my barns and build larger barns. I will store all my grain and goods there.read more.
I will say to my self: 'You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.' But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?' He who lays up (earthly) treasure for himself is not rich toward God.

The sun rises with scorching heat and withers the grass. The flower falls off and its beauty perishes. So also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver are rusted. Their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up your treasure in the last days.

The fruits that you desired have departed from you. All things that were dainty and wonderful have departed from you. You will find them no more at all.

Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when slanderers surround me with evil? They trust their riches and brag about their abundant wealth.

This is what Jehovah says: Do not let wise people brag about their wisdom. Do not let strong people brag about their strength. Do not let rich people brag about their riches. If they want to brag, instead let them advocate (glory) (celebrate) that they understand and know me. They should advocate that I, Jehovah, act out of love, righteousness, and justice on the earth. This kind of celebration pleases me, declares Jehovah.

The people of Ephraim say: We are rich. We have made a fortune. With all this wealth, no one will find us guilty of any sin.

Come now, you that say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and make profit. You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor (puff of air) that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. You should say, If God wills, we should both live, and do this or that.read more.
You glory in your conceit. Such glory is evil.

This is because they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt. It is because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

They went astray, forsaking the right way. They followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing.

Achan answered Joshua: Indeed I have sinned against Jehovah the God of Israel. This I have done. When I saw among the spoils a quality Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them. I hid them in the earth in the middle of my tent.

Elisha said: Go in peace. And Naaman left. He had gone only a short distance, when Elisha's servant Gehazi said to himself: My master has let Naaman get away without paying a thing! He should have accepted what that Syrian offered him. By the living God Jehovah I will run after him and get something from him. He ran after Naaman. When Naaman saw a man running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him, and asked: What is wrong?read more.
Nothing is wrong, answered Gehazi. But my master sent me to tell you that just now two members of the group of prophets in the hill country of Ephraim arrived. He would like you to give them three thousand pieces of silver and two changes of fine clothes. Please take six thousand pieces of silver, Naaman replied. He tied the silver in two bags and gave them and two changes of fine clothes to two of his servants, and sent them on ahead of Gehazi. They reached the hill where Elisha lived. Gehazi took the two bags and carried them into the house. Then he sent Naaman's servants back. He went into the house. Elisha asked him: Where have you been? Oh, nowhere, he answered. Elisha said: Was I there in spirit when the man got out of his chariot to meet you? This is no time to accept money and clothes, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and cattle, or servants! Naaman's leprosy will come upon you. You and your descendants will have it from generation to generation! When Gehazi left, he had the disease. His skin was as white as snow.

But hearing these words, the young man went away grieving, for he was very wealthy. Jesus said to his disciples: Truly I tell you, it is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.

He was very sad when he heard this for he had many possessions. Then he went away. Looking around Jesus said to his disciples: It is hard for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

But when he heard these things he became very sad for he was very rich. Seeing him Jesus said: It is very difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests. He asked them: What are you willing to give me to deliver him to you? They paid him thirty pieces of silver.

Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might betray Jesus to them. They were glad to hear it and promised to give him money. He looked for ways how he might conveniently deliver Jesus to them.

He went away to discuss with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver Jesus to them. They were glad, and pledged to give him money.

No one can ever redeem (buy back) his brother or pay God a ransom for his life. The price to be paid for him is so costly it can never be paid so they should live forever and never see the grave (pit) (destruction).

For this is what Jehovah says: You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.

What will a man profit, if he gains the whole world, and gives up his life? What will a man give in exchange for his life?

What should a man give in exchange for his life?

For what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?

Know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your fathers. [The redemption] was not with corruptible things like silver or gold, but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, even the blood of Christ.

Wisdom is the most important thing. So gain wisdom! And by all means arrive at understanding.

Mortals, with what they treasure, still do not have understanding. They are like animals that die.

How blessed is the man who finds wisdom. Happy is the man who gains understanding. The profit from wisdom is better than the profit from silver. Her gain is better than fine gold. She (wisdom) is more precious than pearls. Nothing you desire compares with wisdom.read more.
Long life is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.

Receive my instruction and not silver. Take knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than pearls. Nothing desirable compares to it.

How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding instead of silver!

Is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom? He has no sense!

There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips that speak knowledge are more precious than jewels.

A good name is better than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

Who can find a virtuous woman? For her value is far above corals.

Then Peter said: We have no money but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

Simon said: Give me this power that on whomever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. Peter said to him: Your money will perish with you, because you think that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

Come, all you 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.

I counsel you to buy gold from me, gold purified by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be clothed. In this way the shame of your nakedness will not appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may see.