61 Bible Verses about Money, Attitudes To

But thou shall remember LORD thy God, for it is he who gives thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to thy fathers, as at this day.

LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

And I have also given thee that which thou have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like thee all thy days.

Riches and honor are with me, durable wealth and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver. I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice,read more.
that I may cause those who love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.

Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment,

No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

For ye are men who know this, that no fornicator, or unclean man, or covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.

For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

And that which fell in the thorns, these are those who heard, and as they go they are choked by cares and wealth and pleasures of life, and do not bring to maturity.

And the Pharisees, being lovers of money, heard all these things, and they sneered him.

no drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain, but meek, noncontentious, no lover of money,

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, impious,

For the overseer must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-willed, not prone to angry, not a drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain,

The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.

Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,

Lest, when thou have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and dwelt in it, and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou have is multiplied, then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget LORD thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,

If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, [Thou are] my confidence;

Lo, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart [on it].

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

For riches are not forever. And does the crown endure to all generations?

And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your glory?

For, because thou have trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shall be taken. And Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his rulers together.

And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth well. And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops? And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.read more.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be? So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.

For the sun rose up with the burning heat, and withered the grass. And the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. So also the rich man will fade away among his pursuits.

Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching. Your wealth has decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days.

And the fruit of the lust of thy soul have departed from thee. And all the fat and bright things are destroyed from thee. And thou will, no, not find them any more.

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels encompasses me about? Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches,

Thus says LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth. For in these things I delight, says LORD.

And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich. I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.

Go now, men who say, Today and tomorrow we will go into this city, and will operate one year there, and will engage in trade and will get gain-- men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away-- in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that.read more.
But now ye boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

because they met you not with bread and with water on the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

having forsaked a straight path, they were led astray, men who followed the way of Balaam, son of Beor, who loved the wage of unrighteousness.

And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against LORD, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: When I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylon mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them. And, behold, they are hid in the ground in the midst of my tent

And he said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him. So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?read more.
And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, even now there come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of r And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his servants, and they bore them before him. And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house, and he let the men go, and they departed. But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, From where did thou come, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went nowhere. And he said to him, Did not my heart go [with thee] when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and m The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cling to thee, and to thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions. And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, that a rich man will enter into the kingdom of the heavens difficultly.

But having become somber at the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was a man who has many possessions. And Jesus having looked around, he says to his disciples, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God.

But when he heard these things, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich. And having seen him become very sorrowful, Jesus said, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God.

Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, having gone to the chief priests, he said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they weighed out to him thirty silver pieces.

And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might betray him to them. And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him silver. And he sought how he might betray him conveniently.

And having departed, he conversed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him to them. And they were glad, and agreed together to give him silver.

none can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him (for the redemption of their life is costly, and it fails forever), that he should still live always, that he should not see corruption.

For thus says LORD: Ye were sold for nothing, and ye shall be redeemed without money.

For what does it profit a men, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

For what is a man benefited, having gained the whole world, but having lost or having forfeited himself?

Knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain behavior inherited from fathers, not with perishable silver or gold, but by precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted--of Christ,

Wisdom [is] the principal thing. Get wisdom, yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

A man who is in splendor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding. For the gain of it is better than the gain of silver, and the profit of it than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things thou can desire are to be compared to her.read more.
Length of days is in her right hand, in her left hand are riches and honor.

Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

There is gold, and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

But Peter said, No silver and gold exists to me, but what I have, this I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk.

saying, Give me also this power, so that on whomever I lay hands, he may receive Holy Spirit. But Peter said to him, Thy silver with thee, may it be for destruction, because thou thought to obtain the gift of God by money.

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come ye to the waters. And he who has no money, come ye, buy, and eat. Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

I counsel thee to buy from me gold refined from fire, so that thou may become wealthy, and white garments, so that thou may clothe thyself, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be made known, and eye-salve, so that thou may anoin