Bible Sayings on Finance
Proverbs 3:9-10
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase:
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 10:4
Lazy hands make for poverty,
but diligent hands bring wealth.
Proverbs 10:5
He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,
but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 12:24
Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labor.
Proverbs 13:11
Dishonest money dwindles away,
but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
Proverbs 14:23
All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 22:7
The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business?
He shall stand before kings;
He shall not stand before mean men.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Luke 12:15
Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed.
Life is not measured by how much you own.
Luke 16:10
Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much,
and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
Luke 14:28-30
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he
has enough to complete it?
Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.
1 Timothy 6:17-19
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in
wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything
for our enjoyment.
Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.
In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that
they may take hold of the life that is truly life.