money management
What does the Bible say about money management? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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7The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.
9Honor the Lord with your substance, and give to him from the first of all your fruits,
5Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, “I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you.”
28For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it? 29Otherwise, after he will have laid the foundation and not been able to finish it, everyone who sees it may begin to mock him, 30saying: ‘This man began to build what he was not able to finish.’
11So then, if you have not been faithful with iniquitous mammon, who will trust you with what is true?
15So he said to them: “Be cautious and wary of all avarice. For a person’s life is not found in the abundance of the things that he possesses.”
4The neglectful hand has wrought destitution. But the hand of the steadfast prepares riches. He who advances by lies, this one feeds on the wind. For he is the same as one who runs after flying birds.
20There is desirable treasure, as well as oil, in the habitations of the just. And the imprudent man will waste it.
8But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.
18But remember the Lord your God, that he himself has provided you with strength, so that he may fulfill his covenant, about which he swore to your fathers, just as the present day reveals.
28For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it?
22The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just.
10Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And test me about this, says the Lord, as to whether I will not open to you the floodgates of heaven, and pour out to you a blessing, all the way to abundance.
8You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
11Substance obtained in haste will be diminished. But what is collected by hand, little by little, shall be multiplied.
33Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.