What Does the Bible Say About Money?
Here are 7 Bible verses about money, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
BSBKeep 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.”
- #21 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
BSBFor the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
- #3Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
BSBDishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
- #4Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
BSBNo one can serve two masters: 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 both God and money.
- #5Ecclesiastes 5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
BSBHe who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
- #6Proverbs 22:7
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
BSBThe rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- #7Luke 12:15
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
BSBAnd 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.”
Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).
Money in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Gold and silver used as: Ge 13:2; Nu 22:18
- Brass introduced as, by the Romans: Mt 10:9
- Originally stamped with the image of a lamb: Ge 23:15; 33:19; (marg)
- Of the Romans, stamped with the image of Caesar: Mt 22:20,21
- Usually taken by weight: Ge 23:16; Jer 32:10
- PIECES OF MENTIONED
- Talent of gold: 1Ki 9:14; 2Ki 23:23
- Talent of silver: 1Ki 16:24; 2Ki 5:22,23
- Shekel of silver
- Jud 17:10: 2Ki 15:20
- Half shekel or bekah: Ex 30:15
- Third of a shekel: Ne 10:32
- Fourth of a shekel: 1Sa 9:8
- Gerah the twentieth of a shekel: Nu 3:47
- Pound: Lu 19:13
- Penny: Mt 20:2; Mr 6:37
- Farthing: Mt 5:26; Lu 12:6
- Mite: Mr 12:42; Lu 21:2
- Of the Jews regulated by the standard of sanctuary: Le 5:15; Nu 3:47
- Was current with the merchants: Ge 23:16
- Jews forbidden to take usury for: Le 25:37
- Changing of, a trade: Mt 21:12; Joh 2:15
- WAS GIVEN
- For lands: Ge 23:9; Ac 4:37
- For slaves: Ge 37:28; Ex 21:21
- For merchandise: Ge 43:12; De 2:6
- For tribute: 2Ki 23:33; Mt 22:19
- As wages: Ezr 3:7; Mt 20:2; Jas 5:4
- As offerings: 2Ki 12:7-9; Ne 10:32
- As alms: 1Sa 2:36; Ac 3:3,6
- Custom of presenting a piece of: Job 42:11
- Power and usefulness of: Ec 7:12; 10:19
- Love of, the root of all evil: 1Ti 6:10