Bible Verses about “handling your finances”
The Bible contains 40 verses about handling your finances across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“"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.”
“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."”
“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
“My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
“Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.”
“The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.”
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of Armies, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.”
“For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?”
“Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.”
“Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:”
“Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;”
“"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.”
“which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,”
“provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.”
“There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.”
“Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.”
“"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.”
“so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.”
“"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.'”
“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.'”
“He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.”
“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 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.'”
“If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?”
“Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:”
“Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,”
“saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'”
“for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.”