34 Bible Verses about Money
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For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
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.
No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.
Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.
He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.
And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.
And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.
Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.
The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.
Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:
From Thematic Bible
Brass » Articles made of » Money
Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets;
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
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.
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.
He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.
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
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
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.
By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:
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.
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
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.
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.
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;
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
Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
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
And Jesus went into the Temple and sent out all who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those trading in doves.
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;
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
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.
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
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
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.
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.
He then, seeing Peter and John going into the Temple, made a request to them.
Money » Pieces of mentioned » Talent of silver
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.
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
You may get food for your needs from them for a price, and water for drinking.
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
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.
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
And I put it in writing, stamping it with my stamp, and I took witnesses and put the money into the scales.
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
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.
Money » Of the jews regulated by the standard of sanctuary
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.
Money » Was given » For slaves
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.
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
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
And Jesus went into the Temple and sent out all who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those trading in doves.
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
Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.
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
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?
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
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.
Money » Atonement
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.
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
And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.
Money » Conscience
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.
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,
And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.
Money » Farthing
Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.
And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.
Money » Of the romans, stamped with the image of cæsar
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
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
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
For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
Money » Copper used as
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets;
Money » Image on
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
And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.
Money » Sin
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
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
For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
Money » Value of, varied corruptly
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Topics on Money
A Fool And His Money Shall Part
Job 20:15He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.
Alternatives To Money
Exodus 21:21But, 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.
Asking For Money
Matthew 5:42Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.
Counting Money
2 Kings 12:10And 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 43:15So 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.
Giving Money To The Church
2 Corinthians 9:7Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.
Indeterminate Sums Of Money
Genesis 42:25Then 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.
Lacking Money
Acts 3:6But 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.
Loving Money
Ecclesiastes 5:10He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.
Money As Protection
Ecclesiastes 7:12Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
Money Blessings
Proverbs 13:11Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
Money Box
2 Kings 12:9But 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 12:16The money of the offerings for error and the sin-offerings was not taken into the house of the Lord; it was the priests'.
Money Management
Luke 16:9And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.
Money's Deficiencies
Zephaniah 1:18Even 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 8:18But 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 17:12Every 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.
Saving Money
1 Corinthians 16:2On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come.
Specific Sums Of Money
Genesis 20:16And 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.