Bible verses about money

Bible verses about stewardship

Everything we have belongs to God and is entrusted to us to manage.

• Psalm 24:1

  “The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.”

• Deuteronomy 8:18

  “But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.”

• Matthew 25:21

  “Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”

  What Matthew 25:21 means for your money

• Luke 16:10–11

  “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?”

Bible verses about inheritance & legacy

Wealth in Scripture is meant to reach the next generation, and the one after that.

• Proverbs 13:22

  “A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.”

  What Proverbs 13:22 means for your money

• 1 Timothy 5:8

  “But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”

  What 1 Timothy 5:8 means for your money

• Proverbs 27:23–24

  “Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?”

Bible verses about saving & planning

The wise prepare ahead, count the cost and spread their risk.

• Proverbs 21:20

  “There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.”

  What Proverbs 21:20 means for your money

• Luke 14:28

  “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”

  What Luke 14:28 means for your money

• Ecclesiastes 11:2

  “Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.”

  What Ecclesiastes 11:2 means for your money

• Proverbs 6:6–8

  “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.”

• Proverbs 21:5

  “The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.”

• Proverbs 13:11

  “Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.”

Bible verses about debt

Borrowing is not forbidden, but debt is a real loss of freedom.

• Proverbs 22:7

  “The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.”

  What Proverbs 22:7 means for your money

• Romans 13:8

  “Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”

• Psalm 37:21

  “The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.”

Bible verses about giving

Giving comes first, and God loves a cheerful giver.

• Malachi 3:10

  “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”

  What Malachi 3:10 means for your money

• Proverbs 3:9

  “Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:”

• 2 Corinthians 9:7

  “Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”

Bible verses about contentment & warnings

Money is a good servant and a terrible master.

• Matthew 6:19–21

  “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven… For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

  What Matthew 6:19–21 means for your money

• 1 Timothy 6:10

  “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

• Matthew 6:24

  “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.”

• Hebrews 13:5

  “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

• Ecclesiastes 5:10

  “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”

• Philippians 4:19

  “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

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