34 Bible Verses about Money

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Acts 8:20

But Peter said to him, May your silver perish with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

Matthew 17:26

Peter said to Him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then truly the sons are free.

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Matthew 10:9

Do not provide gold nor silver, nor copper in your purses,

Mark 12:41

And sitting down opposite the treasury, Jesus watched how the people threw copper coins into the treasury. And many rich ones threw in much.

Interest » loaning » Money

Exodus 22:25

If you lend money to one of My people who is poor beside you, you shall not be to him as a money-lender, neither shall you lay upon him interest.

Ezekiel 18:13

has loaned on usury; and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live! He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken usury and increase, and you gained by extortion of your neighbors, and you have forgotten Me, says the Lord Jehovah.

Psalm 15:5

he has not put out his money at interest, nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall not be moved forever.

Judas » Returns » Money » To jewish rulers

Matthew 27:3-10

Then he who had betrayed Him, seeing that He was condemned, sorrowing, Judas returned the thirty pieces of silver again to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned, betraying innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? You see to that. And he threw the pieces of silver down in the temple and departed. And he went and hanged himself. read more.
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. And they took counsel and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in. Therefore that field was called, The Field of Blood, to this day. Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him who had been priced, whom they of the children of Israel valued, and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me."

Money » Gold used as

Genesis 24:35

And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great. And He has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and male slaves and slave women, and camels and asses.

Ezekiel 28:4

With your wisdom and with your understanding you have made riches for yourselves, and have worked gold and silver into your treasuries.

Ezekiel 7:19

They shall throw their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be an impure thing. Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah. They shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because their iniquity has become a stumbling-block for them.

Isaiah 46:6

They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver out of the measuring rod, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god; they fall down, yea, they bow down.

Money » Weighed

Genesis 23:16

And Abraham listened to Ephron. And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, which passes with the merchant.

Job 28:15

Pure gold cannot be given in its stead, and silver be weighed as its price.

Zechariah 11:12

And I said to them, If it is good, give My price; and if not, let it go. So they weighed My price thirty pieces of silver.

Genesis 43:21

And it happened, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's silver was in the mouth of his sack, our silver in full weight. And we have brought it again in our hands.

Jeremiah 32:9-10

And I bought the field in Anathoth, of Hanameel my uncle's son, and weighed him the silver, seventeen shekels of silver. And I wrote it in the document, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed the silver in the scales.

Money » Power and usefulness of

Money » Value of different pieces of jewish » Troy weights

John 2:15

And when He had made a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple, also the sheep and the oxen. And He poured out the money-changers' money and overthrew the tables.

Mark 11:15

And they came to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, Jesus began to cast out those who bought and sold in the temple. And He overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

Money » Was given » As wages

Ezra 3:7

They gave silver also to the masons and to the carpenters. And they gave meat and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and to the people of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

Matthew 20:2

And when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Money » Was given » As alms

1 Samuel 2:36

And it shall be that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a piece of bread. And they shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.

Acts 3:3

Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Talent of silver

1 Kings 16:24

And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.

2 Kings 5:22-23

And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, this now, two young men from Mount Ephraim of the sons of the prophets have come to me. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing. And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing. And he laid them on two of his servants. And they carried them before him.

Money » Was given » For merchandise

Deuteronomy 2:6

You shall buy food from them for silver, so that you may eat. And you shall also buy water from them for silver, so that you may drink.

Genesis 43:12

And take double silver in your hand, and the silver that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand. Perhaps it was an oversight.

Money » Was given » As offerings

2 Kings 12:7-9

Then King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the priests, and said to them, Why are you not repairing the breaks of the house? And now take no silver from those you know, but deliver it for the breaks of the house. And the priests agreed to take no silver from the people, nor to repair the breaks of the house. But Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid. And he set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Jehovah. And the priests who kept the door put in it all the silver brought into the house of Jehovah.

Nehemiah 10:32

Also we put commands upon ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God,

Money » Usually taken by weight

Jeremiah 32:10

And I wrote it in the document, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed the silver in the scales.

Genesis 23:16

And Abraham listened to Ephron. And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, which passes with the merchant.

Money » Was given » For tribute

2 Kings 23:33

And Pharaoh-necho put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not reign in Jerusalem. And he put the land to a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Matthew 22:19

Show Me the tribute money. And they brought a denarius to Him.

Money » Of the jews regulated by the standard of sanctuary

Leviticus 5:15

If a soul commits a trespass and sins through ignorance in the holy things of Jehovah, then he shall bring for his trespass to Jehovah a ram without blemish out of the flock, together with an amount set by you, by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.

Numbers 3:47

you shall even take five shekels each by the head, according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take. (The shekel is twenty gerahs.)

Money » Originally stamped with the image of a lamb

Genesis 33:19

And he bought a piece of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

Genesis 23:15

My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? And bury your dead.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Shekel of silver

Judges 17:10

And Micah said to him, Live with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of clothes, and your food. And the Levite went in.

2 Kings 15:20

And Menahem took the silver from Israel, from all the mighty men of wealth (fifty shekels of silver from each man) to give to the king of Assyria. And the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay there in the land.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Talent of gold

1 Kings 9:14

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

2 Kings 23:23

but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was held to Jehovah in Jerusalem.

Money » Was given » For slaves

Genesis 37:28

And men, Midianites traders, came by. And they drew up Joseph and took him out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Exodus 21:21

But if he continues a day or two, he shall not be punished. For he is his money.

Money » Gold and silver used as

Numbers 22:18

And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.

Money » Changing of, a trade

John 2:15

And when He had made a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple, also the sheep and the oxen. And He poured out the money-changers' money and overthrew the tables.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Farthing

Matthew 5:26

Truly I say to you, You shall by no means come out from there until you have paid the last kodrantes.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Penny

Mark 6:37

He answered and said to them, You give them food to eat. And they said to Him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii of loaves and give them to eat?

Matthew 20:2

And when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Money » Was given » For lands

Genesis 23:9

that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he has, which is in the end of his field. For as much silver as it is worth he shall give it to me for a possession of a burying-place among you.

Acts 4:37

a field being his, selling it, he bore the proceeds and placed them at the apostles' feet.

Money » Atonement

Exodus 30:12-16

When you count the sons of Israel, of those who are to be counted, then they shall each man give a ransom for his soul to Jehovah when you number them, so that there may be no plague among them when you number them. They shall give this, every one that passes among those who are counted, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs); a half shekel shall be the offering of Jehovah. Everyone that passes among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to Jehovah. read more.
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than half a shekel, when they give an offering to Jehovah to make an atonement for your souls. And you shall take the atonement silver of the sons of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, so that it may be a memorial to the sons of Israel before Jehovah, to make an atonement for your souls.

Leviticus 5:15-16

If a soul commits a trespass and sins through ignorance in the holy things of Jehovah, then he shall bring for his trespass to Jehovah a ram without blemish out of the flock, together with an amount set by you, by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering. And he shall make it good in which he has sinned, in the holy thing, and he shall add the fifth part of it, and give it to the priest. And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Mite

Luke 21:2

And He also saw a certain poor widow casting two lepta in there.

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 cursed, and spoke of also in my ears, behold, the silver is with me. Behold, I took it. And his mother said, Be blessed of Jehovah, my son.

Matthew 27:3

Then he who had betrayed Him, seeing that He was condemned, sorrowing, Judas returned the thirty pieces of silver again to the chief priests and elders,

Money » Farthing

Matthew 5:26

Truly I say to you, You shall by no means come out from there until you have paid the last kodrantes.

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

Matthew 22:20-21

And He said to them, Whose image and inscription is this? They said to Him, Caesar's. Then He said to them, Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

Money » Jews forbidden to take usury for

Leviticus 25:37

You shall not give him your silver on interest, nor lend him your food for increase.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Third of a shekel

Nehemiah 10:32

Also we put commands upon ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God,

Money » Love of, the root of all evil

Money » Copper used as

Mark 12:41

And sitting down opposite the treasury, Jesus watched how the people threw copper coins into the treasury. And many rich ones threw in much.

Mark 6:8

and commanded them that they take nothing in the way, except only a staff; no bag, no bread, no copper in the belt,

Money » Was current with the merchants

Genesis 23:16

And Abraham listened to Ephron. And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, which passes with the merchant.

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

Numbers 3:47

you shall even take five shekels each by the head, according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take. (The shekel is twenty gerahs.)

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Half shekel or bekah

Exodus 30:15

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than half a shekel, when they give an offering to Jehovah to make an atonement for your souls.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Fourth of a shekel

1 Samuel 9:8

And the young man answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have found the fourth of a shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way.

Money » Brass introduced as, by the romans

Matthew 10:9

Do not provide gold nor silver, nor copper in your purses,

Money » Image on

Matthew 22:20-21

And He said to them, Whose image and inscription is this? They said to Him, Caesar's. Then He said to them, Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Pound

Money » Sin

2 Kings 12:16

The trespass silver and sin silver was not brought into the house of Jehovah. It was the priests'.

Money » Custom of presenting a piece of

Job 42:11

And came to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had known him before. And they ate bread with him in his house, and consoled him and comforted him over all the evil that Jehovah had brought on him. Each one also gave him a piece of money, and each one a ring of gold.

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 sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, and perverting the balances by deceit;

Presents » Things given as » Money

Job 42:11

And came to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had known him before. And they ate bread with him in his house, and consoled him and comforted him over all the evil that Jehovah had brought on him. Each one also gave him a piece of money, and each one a ring of gold.

Genesis 45:22

To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of clothing.

1 Samuel 9:8

And the young man answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have found the fourth of a shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way.

Treasure » A thing of highly-estimated value » Money

Genesis 43:23

And he said, Peace to you, do not fear. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your silver. And he brought Simeon out to them.

Genesis 43:18

And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house. And they said, Because of the silver that was returned in our sacks at the first time we are brought in, to throw himself on us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

Genesis 42:25

Then Joseph commanded their sacks to be filled with grain, and returned their silver, each into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And so he did to them.

Genesis 42:27-28

And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass fodder in the inn, he saw his silver. For, behold, it was in the mouth of the sack. And he said to his brothers, My silver has been put back. And, also look in my sack. And their hearts failed, and they each were afraid, saying to one another, What is this God has done to us?

Genesis 42:35

And it happened they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's bundle of silver was in his sack. And when they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were afraid.

More verses: Genesis 43:21-22

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Exodus 21:21

But if he continues a day or two, he shall not be punished. For he is his money.

Counting Money

2 Kings 12:10

And it happened when they saw that much silver was in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest came up. And they bound and counted the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah.

Double Money

Genesis 43:15

And the men took that present, and they took double silver in their hand, and Benjamin. And they rose up and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

Indeterminate Sums Of Money

Genesis 42:25

Then Joseph commanded their sacks to be filled with grain, and returned their silver, each into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And so he did to them.

Money Box

2 Kings 12:9

But Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid. And he set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Jehovah. And the priests who kept the door put in it all the silver brought into the house of Jehovah.

Money For The Temple

2 Kings 12:16

The trespass silver and sin silver was not brought into the house of Jehovah. It was the priests'.

Money's Deficiencies

Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver nor their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy. For He shall make even a full, yea, a speedy end of all the dwellers in the land.

Money, Uses Of

Genesis 17:12

And a son of eight days shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations; he that is born in the house, or bought with silver of any stranger who is not of your seed.

Specific Sums Of Money

Genesis 20:16

And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, he is to you a covering of the eyes, to all that are with you, and with all this, you are reproved.

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