61 Bible Verses about Money, Stewardship Of

"You shall not steal.

'And you shall not steal.

Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother, [is] a child who causes shame and brings reproach.

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"

" 'You shall not exploit your neighbor, and you shall not rob [him]; a hired worker's wage you shall not {withhold} overnight until morning.

Balances of deceit [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but {an accurate weight} delights him.

Wealth [gained] from haste will dwindle, but he who gathers {little by little} will increase it.

Stone and stone, measure and measure, {both of them} [are] an abomination of Yahweh.

From the abundance of your iniquities in the dishonesty of your trading, I profaned your sanctuaries and I brought fire from your midst; it consumed you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth {before the eyes of everyone who sees you}.

" 'If you lend money [to] my people, [to] the needy with you, you will not be to him as a creditor; you will not {charge him interest}.

He does not lend his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against [the] innocent. He who does these [things] will never be shaken.

He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes [the] sighted blind and ruins [the] words of [the] righteous.

He who makes trouble for his house [is] he who is greedy for unjust gain, but he who hates bribes will live.

Better is little with righteousness than great income with no justice.

[Like] a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay [is] one who amasses wealth without justice. In the middle of his days it will leave him, and at his end he will [prove to] be a fool."

And he said to them, "Collect no more than {what you are ordered to}."

They take a bribe among you in order to shed blood; and you take usury, and you make gain [from] your neighbors by extortion, and [so] you have forgotten me, {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts.

He who oppresses the poor [in order] to enrich himself, [or] gives to the rich, {will come to poverty}.

and he oppresses {no one} [and] he returns pledge for his loan {and he commits no robbery} [and] he gives his bread to [the] hungry and he covers a naked person [with] a garment, [and] {he does not charge interest} and he takes no usury, [and] he holds back his hand from injustice [and] he executes judgment of fairness between {persons},

Therefore, because you trample on [the] poor and you take a grain tax from them, you built houses of dressed stone, but you will not live in them. You built vineyards of delightfulness, but you will not drink their wine.

"Then I will approach you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers, and against those who swear {falsely}, and against the oppressors of [the] hired worker [with his] wages, [the] widow and [the] orphan, and {the abusers of} [the] alien, and [yet] do not fear me," says Yahweh of hosts.

Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth, {that neither a thread nor} a thong of a sandal would I take from all that [belongs] to you, that you might not say, 'I made Abram rich.'

For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?

For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

For what is a person benefited [if he] gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

And he told a parable to them, saying, "The land of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. And he reasoned to himself, saying, 'What should I do? For I do not have anywhere I can gather in my crops.' And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will gather in there all my grain and possessions.read more.
And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!" ' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?' So [is] the one who stores up treasure for himself, and who is not rich toward God!"

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.

Now we command and we exhort such people in the Lord Jesus Christ that, working with quietness, they eat their own bread.

Then Abram said, "O Yahweh, my Lord, what will you give me? {I continue to be} childless, and {my heir} is Eliezer of Damascus."

"These men [are] at peace with us. Let them dwell in the land and let them trade in it. Now, behold, the land is {broad enough for them}. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give our daughters to them.

In all toil, there is profit, but the {talk} of lips [leads] only to poverty.

A house and wealth [are] an inheritance [from] fathers, but from Yahweh [comes] a woman who is prudent.

Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and [when I] returned I would have gotten back [what was] mine with interest!

And why did you not give my money to the bank, and I, [when I] returned, would have collected it with interest?'

You will surely know the {condition} of your flock; your heart attends to the herds. For riches [are] not forever, nor a crown for generation [after] generation.

"Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and let them count the money being brought to the temple of Yahweh which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people, and let them give it into the hand of those appointed doers of the work at the temple of Yahweh. Let them give it to the doers of the work who [are] at the temple of Yahweh to repair the breach of the temple: to the skilled craftsmen, to the builders, to the masons, and to buy timber and hewing stones to repair the temple.read more.
Only the money being given to them is not to be accounted for by them, for they [are] dealing with honesty."

For [it is] like a man going on a journey. He summoned his own slaves and handed over his property to them. And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his own ability, and he went on a journey immediately. The one who had received the five talents went out [and] traded with them and gained five more.read more.
In the same way the one [who had] the two gained two more. But the one who had received the one went away [and] dug up the ground and hid his master's money. Now after a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them. And the one who had received the five talents came up [and] brought five more talents, saying, 'Master, you handed over to me five talents. See, I have gained five more talents!' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few [things]; I will put you [in charge] over many [things]. Enter into the joy of your master!' And the one [who had] the two talents also came up [and] said, 'Master, you handed over to me two talents. See, I have gained two talents more!' And the one who had received the one talent came up also [and] said, 'Master, [because I] knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter [seed]. And [because I] was afraid, I went away [and] hid your talent in the ground. See, you have [what is] yours!' But his master answered [and] said to him, 'Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter [seed]. Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and [when I] returned I would have gotten back [what was] mine with interest!

"The one who [is] faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and the one who [is] dishonest in very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true [riches]? And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you your own?

In this case, moreover, it is sought in stewards that one be found faithful.

But if someone does not provide for his own [relatives], and especially the members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

If any believing woman has widows, she must help them, and the church must not be burdened, in order that it may help those [who are] truly widows.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all [people], and especially to those who belong to the household of faith.

He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

[For] he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but [for] he who turns his eyes, [there are] many curses.

But you, [when you] practice charitable giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, in order that your charitable giving may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Sell your possessions and give charitable gifts. Make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven where thief does not approach or moth destroy.

For some were thinking because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Purchase {what we need} for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.)

And they began selling [their] possessions and property, and distributing these [things] to all, to the degree that anyone had need.

For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

[They asked] only that we should remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do.

to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, sharing freely,

Now the one who is taught the word must share in all good [things] with the one who teaches.

Honor Yahweh from your substance, and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you, and your barns shall be full of plenty, and your vats shall burst [with] new wine.

Bring the whole tithe to {the storehouse}, so that there will be food in my house, and test me please in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour forth for you {an overflowing blessing}.

and Joanna the wife of Chuza (Herod's household manager), and Susanna, and many others who were helping to support them from their possessions.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it runs out they will welcome you into the eternal dwellings.

Nevertheless you have done well by sharing with me in my affliction. Now you also know, Philippians, that at the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone, because even in Thessalonica {on more than one occasion} you sent for my need.read more.
Not that I seek the gift, but I seek for the profit that increases to your account. But I have received everything [in full] and have an abundance; {I am well supplied} [because] I received from Epaphroditus {what you had sent}, a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. And my God will fulfill your every need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.