34 Bible Verses about Money

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Acts 8:20

Peter said to him: Your money will perish with you, because you think that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

Matthew 17:26

When he said: From other people, Jesus replied: Are the sons free of tax?

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Brass » Articles made of » Money

Matthew 10:9

Do not take gold, silver, or copper money in your money belt.

Mark 12:41

He sat down near the collection boxes and observed how the crowd dropped money into the boxes. Many that were rich dropped in much.

Interest » loaning » Money

Exodus 22:25

When you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest.

Ezekiel 18:13

He lends money for interest and makes excessive profits. Will this person live? He will not live. He has done all these disgusting things. So he must die, and he will be responsible for his own death.

Ezekiel 22:12

Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me. The Lord Jehovah has spoken.

Psalm 15:5

The one who does not collect interest on a loan or take a bribe against an innocent person. Whoever does these things will never fall or be upset.

Judas » Returns » Money » To jewish rulers

Matthew 27:3-10

Judas, his betrayer, heard he was to be put to death. Out of regret, he took the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and those in authority. He said: I have done wrong in giving a righteous man to you. He left the silver in the Temple. Then he went away and hanged himself. read more.
The chief priests took the silver. They said: It is not right to put it in the Temple treasury, for it is the price of blood. They decided to use the silver to buy the potter's field. This would be a place to bury strangers. This is the reason the field was named Field of Blood. Then Jeremiah's prophecy was fulfilled: They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price he was valued by the children of Israel. Then they paid for the potter's field, just as God directed.

Money » Gold used as

Genesis 24:35

Jehovah has greatly blessed my master and made him a rich man. He has given him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, silver, gold, male and female slaves, camels, and donkeys.

Ezekiel 28:4

Because you are wise and understanding, you have made yourself rich. You saved gold and silver in your treasuries.

Ezekiel 7:19

They will throw their gold and silver away in the streets like garbage (like an abhorrent thing), because neither silver nor gold can save them when Jehovah pours out his fury. They cannot use it to satisfy their desires or fill their stomachs. Gold and silver led them into sin.

Isaiah 46:6

Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make it into a god. They bow down and worship it.

Money » Weighed

Genesis 23:16

Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, commercial standard.

Job 28:15

Gold will not buy it; neither will any amount of silver.

Zechariah 11:12

I said to them, If it is good in your sight give me my wages, if not forget it. So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.

Genesis 43:21

When we stopped for the night, we each found in our grain sacks the exact amount we had paid. We have brought that money back.

Jeremiah 32:9-10

I bought the field at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle's son. I weighed out the silver for him, seventeen shekels of silver. I signed and sealed the deed, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

Money » Power and usefulness of

Money » Value of different pieces of jewish » Troy weights

John 2:15

He made a whip of cords, and chased them all out of the temple, including the sheep and the oxen. He poured out the coins of the moneychangers and overturned the tables.

Mark 11:15

When in Jerusalem he entered the temple and turned over the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of the people who sold doves.

Money » Was given » As wages

Ezra 3:7

They gave money to the stoneworkers and woodworkers. Meat and drink and oil were given 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

He made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day. Then he sent them into his vineyard.

Money » Was given » As alms

1 Samuel 2:36

Your descendants who survive will have to go to that priest and ask him for money and food, and beg to be allowed to help the priests, in order to have something to eat.'

Acts 3:3

Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple he begged from them.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Talent of silver

1 Kings 16:24

Omri bought a hill from Shemer for one hundred and fifty pounds of silver. He fortified the hill and built the city of Samaria on it. He named the city after its former owner, Shemer.

2 Kings 5:22-23

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.

Money » Was given » For merchandise

Deuteronomy 2:6

You must pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.

Genesis 43:12

Take twice as much money with you, because you must take back the money that was returned in the top of your sacks. Maybe it was a mistake.

Money » Was given » As offerings

2 Kings 12:7-9

He called in Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them: Why are you not repairing the Temple? From now on you are not to keep the money you receive. You must hand it over, so that the repairs can be made. The priests agreed to this and also agreed not to make the repairs in the Temple. Then Jehoiada took a box, made a hole in the lid, and placed the box by the altar, on the right side as one enters the Temple. The priests on duty at the entrance put in the box all the money given by the worshipers.

Nehemiah 10:32

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

I signed and sealed the deed, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

Genesis 23:16

Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, commercial standard.

Money » Was given » For tribute

2 Kings 23:33

And Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So that he was not king in Jerusalem. Pharaoh Necho extracted from the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Matthew 22:19

Show me the tribute money. They brought a penny (denarius) to him.

Money » Of the jews regulated by the standard of sanctuary

Leviticus 5:15

If any of you fail to do your duty by unintentionally doing something wrong with any of Jehovah's holy things, bring a guilt offering to Jehovah. It must be a ram that has no defects or its value in silver weighed according to the official standards of the holy place.

Numbers 3:47

It will cost you two ounces of silver per person, using the standard weight of the holy place, to buy them back.

Money » Originally stamped with the image of a lamb

Genesis 33:19

He bought the piece of land on which he pitched his tents. He bought it from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver.

Genesis 23:15

My lord, listen to me. It is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Shekel of silver

Judges 17:10

Micah said: Stay here with me. Be my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year along with some clothes, and your food.

2 Kings 15:20

Menahem extracted the money from men of wealth in Israel. Every man gave fifty silver shekels to give to the king of Assyria. The king of Assyria turned back and did not stop in the land.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Talent of gold

1 Kings 9:14

Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talent of gold.

2 Kings 23:23

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

Money » Was given » For slaves

Genesis 37:28

Some of the Midianite traders approached. The brothers pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites. They took him to Egypt.

Exodus 21:21

If the slave lives a few days after the beating, you are not to be punished. After all, you have already lost the services of that slave who was your property.

Money » Gold and silver used as

Numbers 22:18

Balaam answered Balak's servants: Even if Balak gave me his palace filled with silver and gold, I could not disobey the command of Jehovah my God no matter whether the request was important or not.

Money » Changing of, a trade

John 2:15

He made a whip of cords, and chased them all out of the temple, including the sheep and the oxen. He poured out the coins of the moneychangers and overturned the tables.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Farthing

Luke 12:6

Are not five sparrows sold for two coins of small value? Yet not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.

Matthew 5:26

Take it from me; you will stay in jail until you pay the very last penny of your fine.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Penny

Mark 6:37

He replied: You give them food to eat. They asked: Should we buy two hundred shillings' worth of bread to feed them?

Matthew 20:2

He made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day. Then he sent them into his vineyard.

Money » Was given » For lands

Genesis 23:9

to sell me Machpelah Cave. It is near the edge of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for its full price here in your presence. Then I can own it as a burial ground.

Acts 4:37

He sold his land and brought the money to the apostles.

Money » Atonement

Exodus 30:12-16

When you take a census of the people of Israel, each man is to pay me a price for his life. This to insure that no disaster will come on him while the census is being taken. Everyone included in the census must pay the required amount of money. It should be weighed according to the official standard. Everyone must pay this as an offering to me. Every man being counted in the census who is twenty years old or older is to pay me this amount. read more.
The rich man is not to pay more. The poor man is not to pay less, when they pay this amount for their lives. Collect this money from the people of Israel and spend it for the upkeep of the tent of meeting. This tax will be the payment for their lives. I will remember to protect them.

Leviticus 5:15-16

If any of you fail to do your duty by unintentionally doing something wrong with any of Jehovah's holy things, bring a guilt offering to Jehovah. It must be a ram that has no defects or its value in silver weighed according to the official standards of the holy place. You must make the payments you have failed to hand over and must pay an additional twenty percent. Give it to the priest. The priest will offer the animal as a sacrifice for your sin. You will be forgiven.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Mite

Luke 21:2

Then he saw a poor widow putting in two small coins.

Money » Conscience

Judges 17:2

He said to his mother: When someone stole those eleven hundred pieces of silver from you, you put a curse on the robber. I heard you do it. Look, I have the money. I am the one who took it. His mother said: Jehovah blesses you.

Matthew 27:3

Judas, his betrayer, heard he was to be put to death. Out of regret, he took the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and those in authority.

Money » Farthing

Matthew 5:26

Take it from me; you will stay in jail until you pay the very last penny of your fine.

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

Matthew 22:20-21

He asked: Whose image and superscription is on this coin? Caesar's, they said. Then he said: Pay Caesar the things that are Caesar's. Pay God the things that are God's.

Money » Jews forbidden to take usury for

Leviticus 25:37

Do not collect any interest on your money or on the food you give them.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Third of a shekel

Nehemiah 10:32

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

He sat down near the collection boxes and observed how the crowd dropped money into the boxes. Many that were rich dropped in much.

Mark 6:8

They were instructed to take nothing for their journey, with the exception of a walking staff.

Money » Was current with the merchants

Genesis 23:16

Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, commercial standard.

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

Numbers 3:47

It will cost you two ounces of silver per person, using the standard weight of the holy place, to buy them back.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Half shekel or bekah

Exodus 30:15

The rich man is not to pay more. The poor man is not to pay less, when they pay this amount for their lives.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Fourth of a shekel

1 Samuel 9:8

I have a small piece of silver, the servant answered. We can give him that. Then he will tell us where to look for the donkeys.

Money » Brass introduced as, by the romans

Matthew 10:9

Do not take gold, silver, or copper money in your money belt.

Money » Image on

Matthew 22:20-21

He asked: Whose image and superscription is on this coin? Caesar's, they said. Then he said: Pay Caesar the things that are Caesar's. Pay God the things that are God's.

Money » Pieces of mentioned » Pound

Money » Sin

2 Kings 12:16

The money given for the repayment offerings and for the offerings for sin was not deposited in the box. It belonged to the priests.

Money » Custom of presenting a piece of

Job 42:11

All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble Jehovah allowed to come upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

Money » Love of, the root of evil

Money » Value of, varied corruptly

Amos 8:5

You say: When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit.

Presents » Things given as » Money

Job 42:11

All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble Jehovah allowed to come upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

Genesis 45:22

Joseph gave some new clothes to each of his brothers. He gave Benjamin five new outfits and three hundred pieces of silver.

1 Samuel 9:8

I have a small piece of silver, the servant answered. We can give him that. Then he will tell us where to look for the donkeys.

Treasure » A thing of highly-estimated value » Money

Genesis 43:23

It is all right, the servant replied. Do not worry. The God you and your father worship must have put the money there, because your money came first to me. Then he brought Simeon out to them.

Genesis 43:18

On the way they were worried and started talking: We are being taken there because of the money that was put back in our sacks last time. He will arrest us and take our donkeys. He will make us his slaves!

Genesis 42:25

Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain and to restore every man's money in his sack. They were to give them provisions for the journey. And thus it was done for them.

Genesis 42:27-28

They stopped for the night. One of them opened his sack to feed his donkey and his money was right inside his sack. He said to his brothers: My money has been put back! It is right here in my sack! They wanted to die. They trembled and turned to each other and asked: What has God done to us?

Genesis 42:35

As they were emptying their sacks, each man found his bag of money in his sack. When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were frightened.

More verses: Genesis 43:21-22

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A Fool And His Money Shall Part

Job 20:15

He will spit out the riches he swallowed. God will make his stomach vomit them up.

Alternatives To Money

Exodus 21:21

If the slave lives a few days after the beating, you are not to be punished. After all, you have already lost the services of that slave who was your property.

Counting Money

2 Kings 12:10

Whenever there was a large amount of money in the box, the royal secretary and the High Priest would come, melt down the silver, and weigh it.

Double Money

Genesis 43:15

So the brothers took the gifts and twice as much money, and set out for Egypt with Benjamin. There they presented themselves to Joseph.

Indeterminate Sums Of Money

Genesis 42:25

Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain and to restore every man's money in his sack. They were to give them provisions for the journey. And thus it was done for them.

Money Box

2 Kings 12:9

Then Jehoiada took a box, made a hole in the lid, and placed the box by the altar, on the right side as one enters the Temple. The priests on duty at the entrance put in the box all the money given by the worshipers.

Money For The Temple

2 Kings 12:16

The money given for the repayment offerings and for the offerings for sin was not deposited in the box. It belonged to the priests.

Money, Uses Of

Genesis 17:12

For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised. This includes those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner, those who are not your offspring.

Specific Sums Of Money

Genesis 20:16

He said to Sarah: Do not forget that I have given your brother twenty-five pounds of silver. This is to silence any criticism against you from everyone with you. You are completely cleared.

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