saving money
What does the Bible say about saving money? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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20There is desirable treasure, as well as oil, in the habitations of the just. And the imprudent man will waste it.
11Substance obtained in haste will be diminished. But what is collected by hand, little by little, shall be multiplied.
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. 5He who gathers the harvest is a wise son. But he who snores in warm weather is a son of confusion.
22The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just.
7The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.
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.”
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.
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?
10For desire is the root of all evils. Some persons, hungering in this way, have strayed from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.
6Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom. 7For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader, 8she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat.
8You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
14For it is like a man setting out on a long journey, who called his servants and delivered to them his goods. 15And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, yet to another he gave one, to each according to his own ability. And promptly, he set out. 16Then he who had received five talents went out, and he made use of these, and he gained another five. 17And similarly, he who had received two gained another two. 18But he who had received one, going out, dug into the earth, and he hid the money of his lord. 19Yet truly, after a long time, the lord of those servants returned and he settled accounts with them.
35I have revealed all things to you, because by laboring in this way, it is necessary to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”