100 Bible Verses About Money
Bible verses about Money
Exploring what the Bible says about money isn't about chasing wealth, but about gaining wisdom for navigating life's material aspects with a spiritual compass. Scripture offers profound insights into stewardship, generosity, and the dangers of greed. Understanding these principles allows us to align our financial lives with God's will, fostering a heart of contentment and purpose. Let these verses illuminate the path towards financial responsibility, reminding us that true riches lie not in earthly possessions, but in a life devoted to serving God and others. Through this study, may we discover the freedom that comes from a balanced perspective on money and its role in our spiritual journey.
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Proverbs 18:2 (YLT)
A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.
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And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work [is] great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
I prayed therefore to the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
and stronger are the people that are after Omri than the people that are after Tibni son of Ginath, and Tibni dieth, and Omri reigneth.
And it hath come to pass, in that day, The Lord addeth a second time his power, To get the remnant of His people that is left, From Asshur, and from Egypt, And from Pathros, and from Cush, And from Elam, and from Shinar, And from Hamath, and from isles of the sea,
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
and he being minded to go through into Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples, having exhorted them to receive him, who having come, did help them much who have believed through the grace,
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
He divideth the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for those: the way-faring men, though fools, shall not err [therein].
Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, [both for] him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
Thou hast said: Only a word of the lips! counsel and might are for battle; now, on whom hast thou trusted that thou hast rebelled against me?
Mine is counsel and substance, I am understanding, I have might.
And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.
and the law is not by faith, but--The man who did them shall live in them.'
Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all [others], and guided them on every side.
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Still they say this word in the land of Judah, And in its cities, In My turning back to their captivity, Jehovah doth bless thee, habitation of righteousness, Mountain of holiness.
Be pained, and bring forth, O daughter of Zion, As a travailing woman, For now, thou goest forth from the city, And thou hast dwelt in the field, And thou hast gone unto Babylon, There thou art delivered, There redeem thee doth Jehovah from the hand of thine enemies.
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Concerning which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should come] to you:
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
The Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved.
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
In the manner of men I speak, because of the weakness of your flesh, for even as ye did present your members servants to the uncleanness and to the lawlessness--to the lawlessness, so now present your members servants to the righteousness--t sanctification,
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Even as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking my own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be saved.
And this is a law of the guilt-offering: it is most holy;
this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified--ye did slay;
Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,
God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,
To declare, [I say], at this time his righteousness: that he may be just, and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus.
And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as one mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall be their blood in his sight.
as Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses--an altar of whole stones, over which he hath not waved iron--and they cause to go up upon it burnt-offerings to Jehovah, and sacrifice peace-offerings;
for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;
But certain men adhered to him, and believed: among whom [was] Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
And made desolate her vine and her fig-tree, Of which she said, A gift they are to me, That my lovers have given to me, And I have made them for a forest, And consumed them hath a beast of the field.
That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years.
A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.
Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.
With a strong hand, and with an out-stretched arm: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.
And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
And he saith unto Him, If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, then Thou hast done for me a sign that Thou art speaking with me.
I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shade of Egypt [your] confusion.
Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thy own mother's son.
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
six days thou dost eat unleavened things, and on the seventh day is a restraint to Jehovah thy God; thou dost do no work.
I hate and abhor lying: [but] thy law do I love.
And he saith to them: Out of the eater came forth meat, And out of the strong came forth sweetness;' and they were not able to declare the riddle in three days.
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
For My name's sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off.
Who [is] like to thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders!
And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy [shall be] upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
And when Moses's father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What [is] this thing that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning to evening?
For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keepest the law; but if thou art a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Then said the LORD to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
And the rest of the matters of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
In My saying of the righteous: He surely liveth, And--he hath trusted on his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, All his righteous acts are not remembered, And for his perversity that he hath done, For it he doth die.
To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins,
and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
In famine he will redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
Because of this it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which is of the law only, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham,
Lord Jehovah, Thou--Thou hast begun to shew Thy servant Thy greatness, and Thy strong hand; for who is a God in the heavens or in earth who doth according to Thy works, and according to Thy might?
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest from God.
For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it.
And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.
And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold they [are] written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Ultimately, the Bible’s verses on money offer a profound and multifaceted perspective, transcending simple financial advice. They underscore the importance of ethical accumulation, wise stewardship, and generous giving. Money, itself, is neither inherently good nor evil, but rather a tool whose value is determined by the heart and intentions of its user. The scriptures challenge us to examine our relationship with wealth, urging us to prioritize spiritual riches over material possessions and to avoid the pitfalls of greed and materialism. Reflecting on these verses should prompt a continuous reassessment of our spending habits, investment choices, and charitable contributions, guiding us to use our resources in ways that honor God, bless others, and align with eternal values. By living out these principles, we can find true contentment and lasting fulfillment that transcends any monetary value.