What the Bible says about: Wealth
| 1 Samuel 2:7-8 | The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. |
| He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them. | |
| Job 31:24-28 | If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; |
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If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had |
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| If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; | |
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And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or |
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| This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. | |
| Proverbs 3:9-10 | Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: |
| So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. | |
| Proverbs 8:8-11 |
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing |
| They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. | |
| Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. | |
| For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. | |
| Proverbs 13:11 |
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth |
| Proverbs 14:20 | The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. |
| Proverbs 15:16 | Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. |
| Proverbs 16:8 | Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. |
| Proverbs 18:11 | The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. |
| Proverbs 19:4 | Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. |
| Proverbs 23:4-5 | Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. |
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| Proverbs 28:6 | Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. |
| Proverbs 28:20 |
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be |
| Ecclesiastes 5:10 | He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. |
| Ecclesiastes 7:14 |
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath |
| Jeremiah 17:11 | As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. |
| Matthew 6:18-21 | That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. |
| Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: | |
| But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: | |
| For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. | |
| Luke 6:24-26 | But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. |
| Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. | |
| Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. | |
| 1 Timothy 6:17-19 |
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in |
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That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, |
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| Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. |
| 1 Samuel 2:7-8 |
| The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. |
| He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them. |
| Job 31:24-28 |
| If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; |
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If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had |
| If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; |
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And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or |
| This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. |
| Proverbs 3:9-10 |
| Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: |
| So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. |
| Proverbs 8:8-11 |
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All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing |
| They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. |
| Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. |
| For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. |
| Proverbs 13:11 |
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Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth |
| Proverbs 14:20 |
| The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. |
| Proverbs 15:16 |
| Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. |
| Proverbs 16:8 |
| Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. |
| Proverbs 18:11 |
| The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. |
| Proverbs 19:4 |
| Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. |
| Proverbs 23:4-5 |
| Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. |
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| Proverbs 28:6 |
| Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. |
| Proverbs 28:20 |
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A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be |
| Ecclesiastes 5:10 |
| He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. |
| Ecclesiastes 7:14 |
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In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath |
| Jeremiah 17:11 |
| As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. |
| Matthew 6:18-21 |
| That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. |
| Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: |
| But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: |
| For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. |
| Luke 6:24-26 |
| But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. |
| Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. |
| Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. |
| 1 Timothy 6:17-19 |
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Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in |
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That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, |
| Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. |