What Does the Bible Say About Money?
What the Bible says about money — stewardship, generosity, contentment, and the dangers of loving money.
- "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."
- "No one can serve two masters... You cannot serve both God and money."
- "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'"
- "Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow."
- "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven..."
- "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap."
- "The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender."
- "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth... But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven."
- "And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus."
- "Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."