Written by Pastor Jack WellmanTop 16 Bible Verses About Wealth
God gives us the ability to have wealth, so what will you and I do with it? Here are the top 16 Bible verses about wealth to make us think about what we should do with what God has given.
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A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 28:20
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Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- Luke 12:33
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But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. 8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
- 1 Timothy 6:7-8
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And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”
- Mark 10:23
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Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
- Proverbs 11:28
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But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
- 1 Timothy 6:9-10
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He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10
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Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- Matthew 6:19-21
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One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.
- Proverbs 11:24-25
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Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.
- Proverbs 3:9-10
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And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
- Luke 12:15
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give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
- Luke 6:38
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“No one can serve two masters, for 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 God and money.
- Matthew 6:24
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Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
- Hebrews 13:5
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In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
- Acts 20:35
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But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
- Matthew 6:33
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