35 Bible Verses about Money Management

Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings.

taking precaution so that no one will discredit us in our administration of this generous gift;

And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time?

I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.’

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’

The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,

And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues.

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.

She makes linen garments and sells them,
And supplies belts to the tradesmen.

He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity

As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.

Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households.

Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

Prepare plans by consultation,
And make war by wise guidance.

Know well the condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;

Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’

Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?

She considers a field and buys it;
From her earnings she plants a vineyard.

and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, for they dealt faithfully.

So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

“He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.

Then Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the sacred things which is brought into the house of the Lord, in current money, both the money of each man’s assessment and all the money which any man’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord,

And he summoned each one of his master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.