39 Bible Verses about investing
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Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.
If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies.
Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.
Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit,
Who leads you in the way 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 righteous.
For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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.
That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born,
That they may arise and tell them to their children,
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And he who is wise wins souls.
Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.
Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.’
But he who received the one talent went away, and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
She considers a field and buys it;
From her earnings she plants a vineyard.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no sense?
And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business with this until I come back.’
The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
You shall put some of your authority on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him.
One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord,
And He 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 he went on his journey.
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,
The one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have gained five more talents.’
Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head
And ornaments about your neck.
Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done.
Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.
who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.
For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.
Even so Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
The noise of the whip,
The noise of the rattling of the wheel,
Galloping horses
And bounding chariots!
Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he owned, “Please place your hand under my thigh,
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.
If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?