35 Bible Verses about Stewardship

And during those days, the disciples multiplying, there was a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that their widows were being neglected in the daily ministration. And the twelve calling to them the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not pleasing that we, leaving the word of God, serve tables. But brethren, look out seven men from you of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this interest;read more.
and we will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word. And the word was pleasing before all the multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, the Antiochian proselyte, whom they placed before the apostles, and having prayed, they placed their hands on them.

And He also spoke to His disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as wasting his goods. And having called him, he said to him, What is this which I hear concerning thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou art not able to be steward any longer. And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes away my stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.read more.
I know what I shall do, in order that when I am deposed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. And calling each one of the debtors of his lord, he said to the first, How much do you owe my lord? And he said; A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your accounts, and sitting down quickly write fifty. Then he said to another one, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He says to him, Take your account, and write fourscore. And the lord praised the steward of unrighteousness because he acted shrewdly: because the sons of this age are wiser in their generation than the sons of the light. And I say unto you, Make unto yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, in order that, when it may fail, they may receive you into eternal tabernacles. He that is faithful in the least is also faithful in much: and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous in much. If therefore you were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the true? If you were not faithful in the interest of another, who will give you your own?

For as a man going away, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods, to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each one according to his own ability; and departed. The one having received the five talents going immediately, operated with the same, and made other five talents.read more.
Likewise the one having received two gained two others. And he having received one, having gone away, digged up the earth, and buried the money belonging to his lord. And after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes a reckoning with them. And the one having received the five talents coming to him brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me five talents: behold, I have gained other five talents. His lord said to him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou wast faithful over few things, and I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord. And the one having received two talents, coming to him, said, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me two talents: behold, I have gained other two talents. And his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord. And the one having received one talent also coming, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewn: and being afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine own. And his Lord responding said to him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, didst thou know that I gather where I have not sown, and reap where I have not strewn? Therefore it behooved thee to put my money in the bank, and having come, I would receive my own with the product. Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to the one having ten talents. For to every one having it shall be given, and he shall superabound: but from the one not having shall be taken away even that which he has. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into the darkness which is without: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.

Then He said, A certain nobleman went to a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and return. And calling his ten servants, he gave to them ten pounds, and said to them, Operate till I come. But his citizens continued to hate him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this man to rule over us.read more.
And it came to pass, when he returned, having received the kingdom, and he said, that those servants should be called, to whom he had given the money, in order that he might know what each one had gained by their merchandise. And the first came, saying, Lord, thy pound has gained ten pounds. And he said to him, Well done, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in the least, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second one came, saying, Lord, thy pound has gained five pounds. And he also said to him, Be thou over five cities. And the other one came, saying, Lord, behold, thy pound, which I had laid away in a napkin: for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou hadst not laid down, and thou reapest that which thou hast not sown. And he says to him, Out of thine own mouth I will judge thee, thou wicked servant. Didst thou know that I am an austere man, taking up what I have not laid down, and reaping what I have not sown? Wherefore indeed didst thou not put my money in the bank? and having come I would have received the same with the product. And he said to the bystanders, Take the pound from him, and give it to the one having ten pounds. And they said to him, Lord, he has ten pounds. I say unto you, that to every one having it shall be given; and from every one not having, it shall be taken away even that which he hath. Moreover bring these my enemies, not wishing me to rule over them, hither, and slay them before me.

But the one not knowing, and doing things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. But to every one to whom much is given, much will be required of him: and to whom they commit much, of him they will ask the more.

And I say unto you, that every idle word whatsoever men shall speak, they shall give an account concerning the same in the day of judgment.

Then therefore each one of us shall give an account to God for himself.

in which they are astonished you not running to the same excess of wrath, blaspheming; who shall give an account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

For those having ministered the office of a deacon beautifully procure to themselves beautiful progress, and much boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

So let a man consider us, as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Here, moreover, it is required among stewards, that every one must be found faithful.

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward: but if unwillingly, I have been intrusted with a dispensation.

as that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their transgressions to them, even having placed in us the word of reconciliation. Therefore we are embassadors in behalf of Christ, as God is intreating you through us; we pray you in behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God. He made him sin in our behalf, who knew no sin; in order that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

When the one having separated me, from the womb of my mother, and called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

but on the contrary, seeing that I am intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, like Peter of the circumcision,

but as we were approved of God that the gospel should be intrusted unto us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who is proving our hearts,

according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, with which I am intrusted.

Do not neglect the gift which is in you, which was given unto you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

O Timothy, stand guard over that which has been committed to you, avoiding unsanctified, empty talks and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called,

stand guard over the beautiful deposit through the Holy Ghost who dwells in us.

and manifested in his own seasons his word by preaching, with which I am intrusted, according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

For who judges you? and what have you which you did not receive. But if indeed you received it, why do you boast, as not having received it?

as each one received the gift of grace, ministering the same to one another, as the good stewards of the manifold grace of God: if any one speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any one ministers, as from the strength which God supplies; in order that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ; to whom there is glory and power unto the ages of the ages. Amen.

Do not neglect the gift which is in you, which was given unto you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. Be diligent in these things; give yourself wholly unto them; in order that your progress may be manifest to all.

Fly from fornication. Every sin which a man may commit is outside of his body; the one committing fornication sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? and you are not your own; for you have been bought with a price: indeed glorify God in your body.

Jesus said to him, If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Jesus looking on him loved him, and said to him, One thing is wanting to thee: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

And Jesus hearing these things, said to him, Still one thing is lacking to thee: Sell all things whatsoever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

But take heed that you do not your righteousness before the people, in order to be seen by them: else you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens: therefore when you may do alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they may be glorified by the people: truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward. But thou doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:read more.
in order that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee openly.

Forgive, and you shall be forgiven: give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, heaped up, and shaken down, and running over, they will give into your bosom. For with the same measure, which you measure, it will be measured unto you.

And looking up, He saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury. And He also saw a certain poor widow, casting in thither two mites. And He said; Truly I say unto you, That this poor widow cast in more than all.read more.
For they all of that which abounds unto them cast into the gifts of God: but she out of her scarcity cast in all her living which she had.

I have shown you all things, that it so behooveth you laboring to assist the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

And of the multitude who believed there was one heart and soul, and no one was saying that any of those things which belonged to him were his own, but all things were common to them. And with great power the apostles continued to give witness of the resurrection of Jesus Christ the Lord; and great grace was upon them all. For no one among them was in need; for so many possessions of lands or houses as belonged to them, selling, they were bringing the prices of the things having been sold,read more.
and laying them at the feet of the apostles; and it was distributed to each as any one had need.

But, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia; because in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. Because I witness, that according to their ability, and beyond their ability they were anxious,read more.
with much exhortation praying our favor and the fellowship of the ministry which is to the saints: and not as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us through the will of God:

But it is this, he that soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall also reap bountifully. As each one has predetermined in his heart; not of reluctance, or of constraint: for God loves the hilarious giver. But God is able to make all grace abound unto you; in order that, always having all sufficiency in every thing, you may abound unto every good work: as has been written,read more.
He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor; his righteousness abides forever. But he that gives seed to the sower, will also give bread to the eater, and multiply your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: in every thing being enriched in all purity, which works out through us thanksgiving to God.