Matthew 25:14-30
“For it will be like a man going on a
journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he
gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his
ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once
and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two
talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and
dug in the ground and hid his master's money. ...
Luke 12:34
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
1 Timothy 5:8
But if anyone does not provide for his
relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith
and is worse than an unbeliever.
Mark 12:41-44
And he sat down opposite the treasury
and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people
put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins,
which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them,
“Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are
contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their
abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she
had to live on.”
2 Corinthians 9:6-8 ESV / 10 helpful votes
The point is this: whoever sows
sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap
bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly
or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make
all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all
times, you may abound in every good work.
Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 8 helpful votes
“Do not lay up for yourselves
treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and
steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your
treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes
“Do not lay up for yourselves
treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and
steal,
Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 7 helpful votes
“Beware of practicing your
righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you
will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to
the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues
and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you,
they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let
your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be
in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you
pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in
the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others.
Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...
Malachi 3:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Bring the full tithe into the
storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test,
says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for
you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
Genesis 2:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes
The Lord God took the man
and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
Matthew 6:33 ESV / 6 helpful votes
But seek first the kingdom of God and
his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
James 5:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Behold, the wages of the laborers who
mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you,
and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
James 1:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift
is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no
variation or shadow due to change.
1 Corinthians 14:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes
So with yourselves, since you are
eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the
church.
1 Corinthians 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For we are God's fellow workers. You
are God's field, God's building.
Matthew 6:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.
Proverbs 21:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Precious treasure and oil are in a
wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.
Acts 3:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes
But Peter said, “I have no silver and
gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, rise up and walk!”
Luke 16:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes
No servant can serve two masters, for
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 God and money.”
Luke 6:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Give, and it will be given to you.
Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into
your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
Lamentations 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes
How the gold has grown dim, how the
pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every
street.
Proverbs 28:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Whoever multiplies his wealth by
interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.
Proverbs 3:9-10 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Honor the Lord with your
wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be
filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Deuteronomy 16:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Every man shall give as he is able,
according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.
Ephesians 6:1-4 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Children, obey your parents in the
Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first
commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may
live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but
bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 8:1-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes
We want you to know, brothers, about
the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a
severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty
have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave
according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their
own accord, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of
the saints— and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the
Lord and then by the will of God to us. ...
Acts 20:35 ESV / 3 helpful votes
In all things I have shown you that by
working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the
Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Matthew 25:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For to everyone who has will more be
given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what
he has will be taken away.
Matthew 25:1-46 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be
like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of
them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps,
they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.
As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ...
Amos 4:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Come to Bethel, and transgress; to
Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your
tithes every three days;
Ecclesiastes 5:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
He who loves money will not be
satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is
vanity.
Proverbs 12:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Whoever works his land will have
plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
Leviticus 27:30-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Every tithe of the land, whether of
the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord's; it is
holy to the Lord. If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall
add a fifth to it. And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of
all that pass under the herdsman's staff, shall be holy to the Lord.
Leviticus 19:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“You shall not oppress your neighbor
or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night
until the morning.
James 5:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for
the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your
garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their
corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You
have laid up treasure in the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who
mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you,
and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You
have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened
your hearts in a day of slaughter. ...
1 Timothy 6:9-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But those who desire to be rich fall
into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that
plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all
kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from
the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. But as for you, O man of God,
flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness,
gentleness.
Ephesians 6:1-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Children, obey your parents in the
Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first
commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may
live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but
bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Bondservants, obey
your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you
would Christ, ...
1 Corinthians 16:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
On the first day of every week, each
of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that
there will be no collecting when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now concerning the collection for the
saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the
first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up,
as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
Romans 13:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Let every person be subject to the
governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those
that exist have been instituted by God.
Romans 12:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent
in spirit, serve the Lord.
Acts 15:1-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But some men came down from Judea and
were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom
of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small
dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were
appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this
question. So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both
Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and
brought great joy to all the brothers. When they came to Jerusalem, they were
welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all
that God had done with them. But some believers who belonged to the party of
the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to
order them to keep the law of Moses.” ...
John 3:16-17
“For God so loved the world, that he
gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have
eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Luke 19:11-27
As they heard these things, he
proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they
supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. He said therefore,
“A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then
return. Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them,
‘Engage in business until I come.’ But his citizens hated him and sent a
delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ When
he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he
had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had
gained by doing business. ...
Luke 19:1-48
He entered Jericho and was passing
through. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax
collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account
of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. So he ran on ahead
and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that
way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him,
“Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” ...
Luke 18:15-17
Now they were bringing even infants to
him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not
hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you,
whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest you come to
poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Proverbs 18:9
Whoever is slack in his work is a
brother to him who destroys.
Proverbs 14:23
In all toil there is profit, but mere
talk tends only to poverty.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Psalm 40:6
In sacrifice and offering you have not
delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
Deuteronomy 23:19-20
“You shall not charge interest on
loans to your brother, interest on money, interest on food, interest on
anything that is lent for interest. You may charge a foreigner interest, but
you may not charge your brother interest, that the Lord your God may
bless you in all that you undertake in the land that you are entering to take
possession of it.
Exodus 23:19
“The best of the firstfruits of your
ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. “You
shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
Exodus 20:12
“Honor your father and your mother,
that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is
giving you.
Exodus 12:35
The people of Israel had also done as
Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry
and for clothing.
Genesis 28:20-22
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God
will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread
to eat and clothing to wear, so that I come again to my father's house in
peace, then the Lord shall be my God, and this stone, which I have
set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will
give a full tenth to you.”
Genesis 14:20
And blessed be God Most High, who has
delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him a tenth of
everything.
