Bible Verses
Giving & Legacy
- Exodus 22:25
- If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like the moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.
- Leviticus 25:37
- You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
- Matthew 5:42
- Give to the one who begs from you, do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
- Proverbs 13:22
- A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children.
- Proverbs 22:16
- Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich will only come to poverty.
Saving & Investing
- Proverbs 12:22
- Better is little with righteousness, then much gain with injustice.
- Proverbs 1:8
- My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent...they say 'we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; throw in your lot among us; we will have one purse'...such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.
- Proverbs 13:11
- Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
- Matthew 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.
- Proverbs 22:4
- The reward for humility and fear of the Lord, is riches and honor and life.
- I Corinthians 10:31
- So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all for the Glory of God.
- Proverbs 10:2
- Treasure gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Debt & Taxes
- Psalm 37:21
- The wicked borrows and does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives.
- Matthew 22:21
- They said, Caesar's. Then He said to them, therefore, render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
- Proverbs 22:26
- Be not one of those who gives pledges who puts up security for debts. If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
- Proverbs 22:7
- The rich rules over the poor and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Money & Contentment
- Matthew 6:24
- No one can serve two masters, for either they will hate the one and love the other, or they will be devoted to one a despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
- I Timothy 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 pangs.
- Hebrews 13:5
- Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for He has said, 'I will never leave you or forsake you'.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10
- He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income, this also is vanity
- Proverbs 10:16
- The wages of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
- Proverbs 30:8-9
- Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, who is the Lord? or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
- Proverbs 23:4-5
- Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it spouts wings, flying like an eagle towards heaven.
- Proverbs 12:24
- The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
- Proverbs 12:27
- Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.
- Proverbs 12:15
- The way of the fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
- Proverbs 12:11
- Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
- Proverbs 22:29
- Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before Kings.
