39 Bible Verses about investing
Most Relevant Verses
Give a portion to seven, or even [divide it] to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.
If the clouds are full [of rain], they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it lies.
Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, [be diligently active, make thoughtful decisions], for you will find it after many days.
This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says,
“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit (benefit),
Who leads you in the way that you should go.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for [the hands of] the righteous.
For this perishable [part of us] must put on the imperishable [nature], and this mortal [part of us that is capable of dying] must put on immortality [which is freedom from death].
And I tell you [learn from this], make friends for yourselves [for eternity] by means of the wealth of unrighteousness [that is, use material resources as a way to further the work of God], so that when it runs out, they will welcome you into the eternal dwellings.
That the generation to come might know them, that the children still to be born
May arise and recount them to their children,
Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value].
The fruit of the [consistently] righteous is a tree of life,
And he who is wise captures and wins souls [for God—he gathers them for eternity].
Then you ought to have put my money with the bankers, and at my return I would have received my money back with interest.
Seek peace and well-being for the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its peace (well-being) you will have peace.’
But the one who had received the one went and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
for where your treasure is, there your heart [your wishes, your desires; that on which your life centers] will be also.
She considers a field before she buys or accepts it [expanding her business prudently];
With her profits she plants fruitful vines in her vineyard.
“Do not store up for yourselves [material] treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no common sense or even a heart for it?
So he called ten of his servants, and gave them ten minas [one apiece, each equal to about a hundred days’ wages] and said to them, ‘Do business [with this] until I return.’
The things [the doctrine, the precepts, the admonitions, the sum of my ministry] which you have heard me teach in the presence of many witnesses, entrust [as a treasure] to reliable and faithful men who will also be capable and qualified to teach others.
You shall put some of your authority and honor on him, so that all the congregation of the Israelites will obey him.
He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the Lord,
And the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and then he went on his journey.
For a time [of siege] is coming when your enemies will put up a barricade [with pointed stakes] against you, and surround you [with armies] and hem you in on every side,
And the one who had received the five talents came and brought him five more, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted to me five talents. See, I have [made a profit and] gained five more talents.’
For they are a garland of grace on your head,
And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.
Let your speech at all times be gracious and pleasant, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how to answer each one [who questions you].
Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].
When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these servants, to whom he had given the money, be called to him, that he might find out what business they had done.
Moses chose able men from all Israel and made them heads over the people, leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens [from the highest to the lowest judicial levels].
who once were disobedient, when the great patience of God was waiting in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons [Noah’s family], were brought safely through the water.
So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything that he had said.
For the dream comes through much effort, and the voice of the fool through many words.
Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, [as conformity to God’s will and purpose—so it is with you also].
The noise of the [cracking of the] whip,
The noise of the rattling of the wheel,
Galloping horses
And rumbling and bounding chariots [in the assault of Nineveh]!
Abraham said to his servant [Eliezer of Damascus], the oldest of his household, who had charge over all that Abraham owned, “Please, put your hand under my thigh [as is customary for affirming a solemn oath],
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you [in charge] over all the land of Egypt.”
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury (excessive interest)
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.
If we have sown [the good seed of] spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?
