Bible Verses about “being a good steward”

“But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.”

“And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,”

“Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."”

“In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"”

“As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.”

“in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,”

“"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'”

“You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.”

“holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.”

“"But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.”

“To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.”

“Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.”

“"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'”

“"He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.”

“I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'”

“He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.”

“In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.”

“"He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.'”

“Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'”

“For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away.”

“For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;”

“"For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.”

“Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.”

“But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.”

“"Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.”

“He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'”

“but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;”

“Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.”

“Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor's good.”

“A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.”

“He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,”

“for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."”

“Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.”

“The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.”

“then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.”

“Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.”

“The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?”

“Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.”

“Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.”

“But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,”

“So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries.”