![]() “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” “Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.” You have been faithful over a little I will set you over much. His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant. Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven and come, follow me.” “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?” “But the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.” And thereby put me to the test,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.” “Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. “If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?” “For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?” “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.Įvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.įor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.Īnd he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.įor the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.įor you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”Įvery man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.Īs for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.Īnd God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.īeloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.Ĭasting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.īut if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.įor the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income this also is vanity.īut who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” ![]() The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.Īnd my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. ![]() Here are the 60 most powerful Bible scriptures on finances. This cool graph starts with Genesis in the top left and ends with Revelation in the bottom right. The image below reveals the locations of each occurrence. The word “money” is found 147 times in the Old and New Testament.
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