For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked. For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter. . . .

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

We love because He first loved us.

Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid. But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind, and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances. I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. . . .

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it? Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’

As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts. Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius. Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury. For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.

How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.

Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;

Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.

Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth. Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?” . . .

“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. . . .

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.

The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.

Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion. Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.