45 Bible Verses about Saving Money
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On 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.
Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.
Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.
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.
And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.
The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.
And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;
When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?
Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.
A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.
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.
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the holy things, which comes into the house of the Lord, (the amount fixed for every man's payment,) and all the money given by any man freely from the impulse of his heart,
Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.
Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;
How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:
You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved, but you will not take them away safely; and what you do take away I will give to the sword.
Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.
House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.
The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer;
And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?
This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.
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.
A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.
Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.
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;
Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.
So that no man might be able to do trade but he who has the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.
For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.
So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.
Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,
After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.
So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.
(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)
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