45 Bible Verses about Saving Money
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Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
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