Bible Verses about “financial curses”

“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”

“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”

“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].”

“¶ A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.”

“¶ But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.”

“And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all [men], as every man had need.”

“And all that believed were together, and had all things common;”

“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.”

“Ye [are] cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, [even] this whole nation.”

“For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”

“And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.”

“And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:›”

“‹For all› [they] ‹did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had,› [even] ‹all her living.›”

“¶ And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.”

“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.”

“Now therefore perform the doing [of it]; that as [there was] a readiness to will, so [there may be] a performance also out of that which ye have.”

“For if there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he hath not.”

“¶ Therefore, as ye abound in every [thing, in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all diligence, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.”

“And herein I give [my] advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.”

“¶ Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept [them]. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?”

“Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.”

“And [this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.”

“¶ Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;”

“How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.”

“For to [their] power, I bear record, yea, and beyond [their] power [they were] willing of themselves;”

“Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and [take upon us] the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.”

“Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.”

“I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.”

“For [I mean] not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:”

“But by an equality, [that] now at this time your abundance [may be a supply] for their want, that their abundance also may be [a supply] for your want: that there may be equality:”

“As it is written, He that [had gathered] much had nothing over; and he that [had gathered] little had no lack.”

“¶ But thanks [be] to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.”

“For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.”

“And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise [is] in the gospel throughout all the churches;”

“And not [that] only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and [declaration of] your ready mind:”

“Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:”

“And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which [I have] in you.”

“Whether [any do enquire] of Titus, [he is] my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren [be enquired of, they are] the messengers of the churches, [and] the glory of Christ.”

“Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.”

“¶ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:”

“A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.”