45 Bible Verses about Saving Money

On the first day of the week, each of you is to set something aside and save in keeping with how he prospers, so that no collections will need to be made when I come.

because wisdom is protection as money is protection,
and the advantage of knowledge
is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Give a portion to seven or even to eight,
for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.

Now I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, for I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Their silver and their gold
will not be able to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of His jealousy.
For He will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.

When the money from the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die here in front of you? The money is gone!”

A good man leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.

You may spend the money on anything you want: cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or anything you desire. You are to feast there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice with your family.

When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes?

Buy—and do not sell—truth,
wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

A greedy man is in a hurry for wealth;
he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.

One person gives freely,
yet gains more;
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.

“No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.

For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were purchasing, and he brought the money to Pharaoh’s palace.

Then Joash said to the priests, “All the dedicated money brought to the Lord’s temple, census money, money from vows, and all money voluntarily given for the Lord’s temple,

Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,
but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,
but righteousness rescues from death.

“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Yet these cannot redeem a person
or pay his ransom to God—

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”

You will eat but not be satisfied,
for there will be hunger within you.
What you acquire, you cannot save,
and what you do save,
I will give to the sword.

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a sensible wife is from the Lord.

the ants are not a strong people,
yet they store up their food in the summer;

I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

This is what the Lord says:

The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.

Whoever increases his wealth through excessive interest
collects it for one who is kind to the poor.

Go to the ant, you slacker!
Observe its ways and become wise.

They will throw their silver into the streets,
and their gold will seem like something filthy.
Their silver and gold will be unable to save them
in the day of the Lord’s wrath.
They will not satisfy their appetites
or fill their stomachs,
for these were the stumbling blocks
that brought about their iniquity.

Riches are a ransom for a man’s life,
but a poor man hears no threat.

You have planted much
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to become drunk.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it.”

He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts.

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of his name.

The one who guards his mouth and tongue
keeps himself out of trouble.

For one can see that wise men die;
foolish and stupid men also pass away.
Then they leave their wealth to others.

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been spread among Jewish people to this day.

For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life?

When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

She evaluates a field and buys it;
she plants a vineyard with her earnings.

She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debt; you and your sons can live on the rest.”

since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying—