34 Bible Verses about Money

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Acts 8:20

But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.

Matthew 17:26

And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.

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Matthew 10:9

Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets;

Mark 12:41

And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

Interest » loaning » Money

Exodus 22:25

If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

Ezekiel 18:13

And has given out his money at interest and taken great profits: he will certainly not go on living: he has done all these disgusting things: death will certainly be his fate; his blood will be on him.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

Judas » Returns » Money » To jewish rulers

Matthew 27:3-10

Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to be put to death, in his regret took back the thirty bits of silver to the chief priests and those in authority, Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business. And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging. read more.
And the chief priests took the silver and said, It is not right to put it in the Temple store for it is the price of blood. And they made a decision to get with the silver the potter's field, as a place for the dead of other countries. For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day. Then came true that which was said by Jeremiah the prophet, And they took the thirty bits of silver, the price of him who was valued by the children of Israel; And they gave them for the potter's field, as I had word from the Lord.

Money » Gold used as

Genesis 24:35

The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.

Ezekiel 28:4

By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:

Ezekiel 7:19

They will put out their silver into the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they will not get their desire or have food for their need: because it has been the cause of their falling into sin.

Isaiah 46:6

As for those who take gold out of a bag, and put silver in the scales, they give payment to a gold-worker, to make it into a god; they go down on their faces and give it worship.

Money » Weighed

Genesis 23:16

And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

Job 28:15

Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.

Zechariah 11:12

And I said to them, If it seems good to you, give me my payment; and if not, do not give it. So they gave me my payment by weight, thirty shekels of silver.

Genesis 43:21

And when we came to our night's resting-place, on opening our bags we saw that every man's money was in the mouth of his bag, all our money in full weight: and we have it with us to give it back;

Jeremiah 32:9-10

So I got for a price the property in Anathoth from Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, and gave him the money, seventeen shekels of silver; And I put it in writing, stamping it with my stamp, and I took witnesses and put the money into the scales.

Money » Power and usefulness of

Ecclesiastes 10:19

A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

Money » Value of different pieces of jewish » Troy weights

John 2:15

And he made a whip of small cords and put them all out of the Temple, with the sheep and the oxen, sending in all directions the small money of the changers and overturning their tables;

Mark 11:15

And they came to Jerusalem; and he went into the Temple, and sent out those who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who were offering doves for money;

Money » Was given » As wages

Ezra 3:7

And they gave money to the stoneworkers and woodworkers; and meat and drink and oil to the people of Zidon and of Tyre, for the transport of cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had given them authority to do.

Matthew 20:2

And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.

Money » Was given » As alms

1 Samuel 2:36

Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.

Acts 3:6

But Peter said, I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up on your feet.

Acts 3:3

He then, seeing Peter and John going into the Temple, made a request to them.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Talent of silver

1 Kings 16:24

He got the hill Samaria from Shemer for the price of two talents of silver, and he made a town there, building it on the hill and naming it Samaria, after Shemer the owner of the hill.

2 Kings 5:22-23

And he said, All is well: but my master has sent me, saying, Even now, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; will you give me a talent of silver and two changes of clothing for them? And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.

Money » Was given » For merchandise

Deuteronomy 2:6

You may get food for your needs from them for a price, and water for drinking.

Genesis 43:12

And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;

Money » Was given » As offerings

2 Kings 12:7-9

Then King Jehoash sent for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why have you not made good what is damaged in the house? now take no more money from your neighbours, but give it for the building up of the house. So the priests made an agreement to take no more money from the people, and not to make good what was damaged in the house. But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and making a hole in the cover of it, put it by the altar, on the right side when one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who kept the door put in it regularly all the money which was taken into the house of the Lord.

Nehemiah 10:32

And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;

Money » Usually taken by weight

Jeremiah 32:10

And I put it in writing, stamping it with my stamp, and I took witnesses and put the money into the scales.

Genesis 23:16

And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

Money » Was given » For tribute

2 Kings 23:33

And Pharaoh-necoh put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not be king in Jerusalem; and took from the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Matthew 22:19

Let me see the tax money. And they gave him a penny.

Money » Of the jews regulated by the standard of sanctuary

Leviticus 5:15

If anyone is untrue, sinning in error in connection with the holy things of the Lord, let him take his offering to the Lord, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you in silver by shekels, by the scale of the holy place.

Numbers 3:47

Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place (the shekel is twenty gerahs);

Money » Originally stamped with the image of a lamb

Genesis 33:19

And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.

Genesis 23:15

My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Shekel of silver

Judges 17:10

Then Micah said to him, Make your living-place with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year and your clothing and food.

2 Kings 15:20

And Menahem got the money from Israel, from all the men of wealth, fifty silver shekels from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria went back without stopping in the land.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Talent of gold

1 Kings 9:14

And Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.

2 Kings 23:23

In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.

Money » Was given » For slaves

Genesis 37:28

And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

Exodus 21:21

But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.

Money » Gold and silver used as

Numbers 22:18

But Balaam, in answer; said to the servants of Balak, Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to do anything more or less than the orders of the Lord my God.

Money » Changing of, a trade

John 2:15

And he made a whip of small cords and put them all out of the Temple, with the sheep and the oxen, sending in all directions the small money of the changers and overturning their tables;

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Farthing

Luke 12:6

Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.

Matthew 5:26

Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Penny

Mark 6:37

But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

Matthew 20:2

And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.

Money » Was given » For lands

Genesis 23:9

That he will give me the hollow in the rock named Machpelah, which is his property at the end of his field; let him give it to me for its full price as a resting-place for my dead among you.

Acts 4:37

Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.

Money » Atonement

Exodus 30:12-16

When you are taking the number of the children of Israel, let every man who is numbered give to the Lord a price for his life, so that no disease may come on them when they are numbered. And this is what they are to give; let every man who is numbered give half a shekel, by the scale of the holy place: (the shekel being valued at twenty gerahs:) this money is an offering to the Lord. Everyone who is numbered, from twenty years old and over, is to give an offering to the Lord. read more.
The man of wealth is to give no more and the poor man no less than the half-shekel of silver, when the offering is made to the Lord as the price for your lives. And you are to take this money from the children of Israel to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting, to keep the memory of the children of Israel before the Lord and to be the price of your lives.

Leviticus 5:15-16

If anyone is untrue, sinning in error in connection with the holy things of the Lord, let him take his offering to the Lord, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you in silver by shekels, by the scale of the holy place. And he is to make payment to the priest for what he has done wrong in relation to the holy thing, together with a fifth part of its value in addition; and the priest will take away his sin by the sheep of his offering, and he will have forgiveness.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Mite

Luke 21:2

And he saw a certain poor widow putting in a farthing.

Money » Conscience

Judges 17:2

And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son.

Matthew 27:3

Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to be put to death, in his regret took back the thirty bits of silver to the chief priests and those in authority,

Money » Farthing

Matthew 5:26

Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

Money » Of the romans, stamped with the image of cæsar

Matthew 22:20-21

And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? They say to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

Money » Jews forbidden to take usury for

Leviticus 25:37

Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Third of a shekel

Nehemiah 10:32

And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;

Money » Love of, the root of all evil

Money » Copper used as

Mark 12:41

And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

Mark 6:8

And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets;

Money » Was current with the merchants

Genesis 23:16

And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Gerah the twentieth of a shekel

Numbers 3:47

Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place (the shekel is twenty gerahs);

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Half shekel or bekah

Exodus 30:15

The man of wealth is to give no more and the poor man no less than the half-shekel of silver, when the offering is made to the Lord as the price for your lives.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Fourth of a shekel

1 Samuel 9:8

But the servant said in answer, I have here a fourth part of a shekel of silver: I will give that to the man of God, and he will give us directions about our way.

Money » Brass introduced as, by the romans

Matthew 10:9

Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets;

Money » Image on

Matthew 22:20-21

And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? They say to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Pound

Money » Sin

2 Kings 12:16

The money of the offerings for error and the sin-offerings was not taken into the house of the Lord; it was the priests'.

Money » Custom of presenting a piece of

Job 42:11

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

Money » Love of, the root of evil

Money » Value of, varied corruptly

Amos 8:5

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

Presents » Things given as » Money

Job 42:11

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

Genesis 45:22

To every one of them he gave three changes of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred bits of silver and five changes of clothing.

1 Samuel 9:8

But the servant said in answer, I have here a fourth part of a shekel of silver: I will give that to the man of God, and he will give us directions about our way.

Treasure » A thing of highly-estimated value » Money

Genesis 43:23

Then the servant said, Peace be with you: have no fear: your God, even the God of your father, has put wealth in your bags for you: I had your money. Then he let Simeon come out to them.

Genesis 43:18

Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.

Genesis 42:25

Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

Genesis 42:27-28

Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag. And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?

Genesis 42:35

And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

More verses: Genesis 43:21-22

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A Fool And His Money Shall Part

Job 20:15

He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

Alternatives To Money

Exodus 21:21

But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.

Counting Money

2 Kings 12:10

And when they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest came and put it in bags, noting the amount of all the money there was in the house of the Lord.

Double Money

Genesis 43:15

So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

Indeterminate Sums Of Money

Genesis 42:25

Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

Money Box

2 Kings 12:9

But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and making a hole in the cover of it, put it by the altar, on the right side when one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who kept the door put in it regularly all the money which was taken into the house of the Lord.

Money For The Temple

2 Kings 12:16

The money of the offerings for error and the sin-offerings was not taken into the house of the Lord; it was the priests'.

Money's Deficiencies

Zephaniah 1:18

Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.

Money, Attitudes To

Deuteronomy 8:18

But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.

Money, Uses Of

Genesis 17:12

Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.

Specific Sums Of Money

Genesis 20:16

And he said to Sarah, See, I have given to your brother a thousand bits of silver so that your wrong may be put right; now your honour is clear in the eyes of all.

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