Bible Verses about “capitalism”

“"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.”

“For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."”

“She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.”

“She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.”

“She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night.”

“and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;”

“Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."”

“The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.”

“that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.”

“Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."”

“Jesus said to his disciples, "Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.”

“Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.”

“Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.”

“For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.”

“that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"”

“Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,”

“Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;”

“I said to them, "If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them." So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.”

“Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their works.”