Bible Verses About Stewardship
Bible verses about Stewardship
Discover what the Bible says about stewardship.
Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.
Most Helpful Verses
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Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Scripture Passages
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?
Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
And he called him, and said to him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship: for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.
I am resolved what to do, that when I am removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.