MONEY: according to the Bible

Money

Pro 10:22 When the LORD blesses you with riches, you have nothing to regret.

Pro 11:4 When God is angry, money won't help you. Obeying God is the only way to be saved from death.

Pro 11:16 A gracious woman will be respected, but a man must work hard to get rich.

Pro 11:28 Trust in your wealth, and you will be a failure, but God's people will prosper like healthy plants.

Pro 10:4 Laziness leads to poverty; hard work makes you rich.

Pro 10:15 Great wealth can be a fortress, but poverty is no protection at all.

Pro 10:20 The words of a good person are like pure silver, but the thoughts of an evil person are almost worthless.

Pro 2:4 Search for wisdom as you would search for silver or hidden treasure.

Pro 1:19 The wealth you get from crime robs you of your life.

Pro 3:13 God blesses everyone who has wisdom and common sense.

Pro 3:14 Wisdom is worth more than silver; it makes you much richer than gold.

Pro 3:15 Wisdom is more valuable than precious jewels; nothing you want compares with her.

Pro 3:16 In her right hand Wisdom holds a long life, and in her left hand are wealth and honor.

Pro 3:33 He places a curse on the home of everyone who is evil, but he blesses the home of every good person.

Pro 8:10 Let instruction and knowledge mean more to you than silver or the finest gold.

Pro 8:11 Wisdom is worth much more than precious jewels or anything else you desire.

Pro 7:4 Let wisdom be your sister and make common sense your closest friend.

Pro 5:8 Stay away from a bad woman! Don't even go near the door of her house.

Pro 5:9 You will lose your self-respect and end up in debt to some cruel person for the rest of your life.

Pro 5:10 Strangers will get your money and everything else you have worked for.


Pro 13:11 Money wrongly gotten will disappear bit by bit; money earned little by little will grow and grow.

Pro 14:20 You have no friends if you are poor, but you have lots of friends if you are rich.

Pro 14:21 It's wrong to hate others, but God blesses everyone who is kind to the poor.

Pro 14:24 Wisdom can make you rich, but foolishness leads to more foolishness.

Pro 14:30 It's healthy to be content, but envy can eat you up.

Pro 15:6 Good people become wealthy, but those who are evil will lose what they have.

Pro 15:15 The poor have a hard life, but being content is as good as an endless feast.

Pro 15:16 It's better to obey the LORD and have only a little, than to be very rich and terribly confused.

Pro 16:8 It's better to be honest and poor than to be dishonest and rich.

Pro 16:16 It's much better to be wise and sensible than to be rich.

Pro 16:19 You are better off to be humble and poor than to get rich from what you take by force.

Pro 13:7 Some who have nothing may pretend to be rich, and some who have everything may pretend to be poor.

Pro 13:8 The rich may have to pay a ransom, but the poor don't have that problem.

Pro 18:23 The poor must beg for help, but the rich can give a harsh reply.

Pro 19:1 It's better to be poor and live right than to be a stupid liar.

Pro 19:4 The rich have many friends; the poor have none.

Pro 19:7 If you are poor, your own relatives reject you, and your friends are worse. When you really need them, they are not there.

Pro 19:17 Caring for the poor is lending to the LORD, and you will be well repaid.

Pro 20:4 If you are too lazy to plow, don't expect a harvest.

Pro 20:15 Sensible words are better than gold or jewels.

Pro 20:21 Getting rich quick may turn out to be a curse.

Money

Pro 17:16 Why should fools have money for an education when they refuse to learn?

Pro 17:18 It's stupid to guarantee someone else's loan.

Pro 18:9 Being lazy is no different from being a troublemaker.

Pro 18:10 The LORD is a mighty tower where his people can run for safety--

Pro 18:11 the rich think their money is a wall of protection.

Pro 21:6 Cheating to get rich is a foolish dream and no less than suicide.

Pro 21:20 Be sensible and store up precious treasures-- don't waste them like a fool.

Pro 21:26 But people who obey God are always generous.

Pro 22:1 A good reputation and respect are worth much more than silver and gold.

Pro 22:2 The rich and the poor are all created by the LORD.

Money

Pro 22:4 Respect and serve the LORD! Your reward will be wealth, a long life, and honor.

Pro 22:7 The poor are ruled by the rich, and those who borrow are slaves of moneylenders.

Pro 22:9 The LORD blesses everyone who freely gives food to the poor.

Pro 22:16 Cheat the poor to make profit or give gifts to the rich-- either way you lose.

Pro 23:4  Give up trying so hard to get rich.

Pro 23:5  Your money flies away before you know it, just like an eagle suddenly taking off.

Pro 24:4  let good sense fill the rooms with priceless treasures.

Pro 25:4  Silver must be purified before it can be used to make something of value.

Pro 25:12  Listening to good advice is worth much more than jewelry made of gold.

Pro 27:13  Don't loan money to a stranger unless you are given something to guarantee payment.

Pro 27:21  Gold and silver are tested in a red-hot furnace, but we are tested by praise.

Money

Pro 27:23 You should take good care of your sheep and goats,

Pro 27:24 because wealth and honor don't last forever.

Pro 28:3 When someone poor takes over and mistreats the poor, it's like a heavy rain destroying the crops.

Pro 28:6 It's better to be poor and live right, than to be rich and dishonest.

Pro 28:8 If you make money by charging high interest rates, you will lose it all to someone who cares for the poor.

Pro 28:11 The rich think highly of themselves, but anyone poor and sensible sees right through them.

Pro 28:20 God blesses his loyal people, but punishes all who want to get rich quick.

Pro 28:22 Don't be selfish and eager to get rich-- you will end up worse off than you can imagine.

Pro 28:27 Giving to the poor will keep you from poverty, but if you close your eyes to their needs, everyone will curse you.

Pro 31:10 A truly good wife is the most precious treasure a man can find!

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Money, Riches, Wealth, Treasure, Gold, Silver

Ecc 5:10  He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.

Ecc 7:12  For 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.

Ecc 10:19  Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything.

Isa 55:1  "Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Isa 55:2  Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.
Isa 55:3  Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.

Mat 6:24  "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. You cannot serve God and money.

Mat 25:26  But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?
Mat 25:27  Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.
Mat 25:28  So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.
Mat 25:29  For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Luk 3:14  Soldiers also asked him, "And we, what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages."

Luk 16:13  No servant 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. You cannot serve God and money."

Luk 19:22  He said to him, 'I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
Luk 19:23  Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?'
Luk 19:24  And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.'
Luk 19:25  And they said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'
Luk 19:26  'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Act 8:20  But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Act 8:21  You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
Act 8:22  Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

1Ti 3:1  The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
1Ti 3:2  Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
1Ti 3:3  not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

1Ti 6:10  For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Heb 13:5  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."


Riches

Ecc 4:8  There are people who are all alone. They have no children or other family members. So there is no end to all the hard work they have to do. Their eyes are never satisfied with riches. But they never ask themselves why they are working so hard and depriving themselves of good things. Even this is pointless and a terrible tragedy.

Ecc 5:13  There is a painful tragedy that I have seen under the sun: Riches lead to the downfall of those who hoard them.
Ecc 5:14  These hoarded riches were then lost in bad business deals. The owners had children, but now they have nothing to give them.

Ecc 6:2  God gives one person riches, wealth, and honor so that he doesn't lack anything he wants. Yet, God doesn't give him the power to enjoy any of them. Instead, a stranger enjoys them. This is pointless and is a painful tragedy.

Ecc 9:11  I saw something else under the sun. The race isn't won by fast runners, or the battle by heroes. Wise people don't necessarily have food. Intelligent people don't necessarily have riches, and skilled people don't necessarily receive special treatment. But time and unpredictable events overtake all of them.

Isa 33:6  He will be the foundation of your future. The riches of salvation are wisdom and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is your treasure.

Jer 9:23  This is what the LORD says: Don't let wise people brag about their wisdom. Don't let strong people brag about their strength. Don't let rich people brag about their riches.
Jer 9:24  If they want to brag, they should brag that they understand and know me. They should brag that I, the LORD, act out of love, righteousness, and justice on the earth. This kind of bragging pleases me, declares the LORD.

Luk 8:14  The seeds that were planted among thornbushes are people who hear the word, but as life goes on the worries, riches, and pleasures of life choke them. So they don't produce anything good.

Luk 12:15  He told the people, "Be careful to guard yourselves from every kind of greed. Life is not about having a lot of material possessions."
Luk 12:16  Then he used this illustration. He said, "A rich man had land that produced good crops.
Luk 12:17  He thought, 'What should I do? I don't have enough room to store my crops.'
Luk 12:18  He said, 'I know what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones so that I can store all my grain and goods in them.
Luk 12:19  Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up a lot of good things for years to come. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'
Luk 12:20  "But God said to him, 'You fool! I will demand your life from you tonight! Now who will get what you've accumulated?'
Luk 12:21  That's how it is when a person has material riches but is not rich in his relationship with God."

Rom 10:12  There is no difference between Jews and Greeks. They all have the same Lord, who gives his riches to everyone who calls on him.

1Ti 6:17  Tell those who have the riches of this world not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, they should place their confidence in God who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

Jas 5:1  Pay attention to this if you're rich. Cry and moan about the misery that is coming to you.
Jas 5:2  Your riches have decayed, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.
Jas 5:3  Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be used as evidence against you. Like fire, it will destroy your body. You have stored up riches in these last days.
Jas 5:4  The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout to God against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.
Jas 5:5  You have lived in luxury and pleasure here on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
Jas 5:6  You have condemned and murdered people who have God's approval, even though they didn't resist you.


Wealth

Ecc 5:19  Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil--this is the gift of God.

Son 8:7  Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.

Mar 10:23  And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!"

Luk 16:9  And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

Heb 11:24  By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
Heb 11:25  choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
Heb 11:26  He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
Heb 11:27  By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.


Gold, Silver, Bronze, Jewelries

1Pe 1:6  In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,
1Pe 1:7  so that the tested genuineness of your faith--more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1Pe 1:18  knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
1Pe 1:19  but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

1Pe 3:3  Do not let your adorning be external--the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear--
1Pe 3:4  but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
1Pe 3:5  For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,
1Pe 3:6  as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.

Rev 3:18  I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.

Act 3:6  But Peter said, "I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!"


Treasures, Possessions, Properties

Mat 6:19  "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
Mat 6:20  but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Mat 6:21  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Mat 12:35  The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

Mat 13:44  "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Mat 19:16  And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?"
Mat 19:17  And he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments."
Mat 19:18  He said to him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, "You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,
Mat 19:19  Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Mat 19:20  The young man said to him, "All these I have kept. What do I still lack?"
Mat 19:21  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."
Mat 19:22  When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
Mat 19:23  And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 19:24  Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
Mat 19:25  When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"
Mat 19:26  But Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Mar 10:21  And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Luk 12:19  And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'
Luk 12:20  But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'
Luk 12:21  So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."
Luk 12:22  And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.
Luk 12:23  For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

Luk 12:33  Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

1Ti 6:17  As 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.
1Ti 6:18  They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,
1Ti 6:19  thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

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