Spending Money
10 passages
- Proverbs 22:7
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Read it in context - Hebrews 13:5
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.”
Read it in context - Proverbs 13:11
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
Read it in context - Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
Read it in context - Proverbs 21:20
Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Read it in context - Luke 12:15
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.”
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 6:17
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.
Read it in context - Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Read it in context - Matthew 6:19–21
19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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