48 Bible Verses about Finances

Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

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.

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.

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.

Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:

Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.

Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.

When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

And 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.

And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.

Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.

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.

Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;

For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.

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.

For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?

For he was hoping that Paul would give him money: so he sent for him more frequently and had talk with him.

The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

They did not have to give any account of the money which was handed to them, for they made use of it with good faith.

And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.

And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.

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.

Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

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.

He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

For we came into the world with nothing, and we are not able to take anything out;

You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.

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.

If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

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.

Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;

For the Lord your God will give you his blessing as he has said: you will let other nations have the use of your money, but you will not make use of theirs; you will be rulers over a number of nations, but they will not be your rulers.

Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

But 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.

And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.

But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?

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 sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.

And on your account I will keep back the locusts from wasting the fruits of your land; and the fruit of your vine will not be dropped on the field before its time, says the Lord of armies

But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.

Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.

For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.