Bible Verses About Money

What does the Bible say about money?

God cares how we earn, spend, save, give and borrow, because “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). Below are key Bible verses about money, grouped by topic.

Each topic has a one-minute Financial Moments video where Tom Copland explains what those verses mean for everyday life. A free printable list of every verse is at the bottom of this page.

Contentment & greed

Contentment isn’t having everything you want. It’s trusting that God will provide what you need.

Hebrews 13:5 “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’”
1 Timothy 6:6–8 “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.”
1 Timothy 6:9–10 “Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.”
Luke 12:15 “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 “Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.”
Philippians 4:11–13 “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances… I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”
Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters… You cannot serve both God and money.”
Proverbs 30:8 “Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.”

God owns it all: biblical stewardship

We don’t own our money; we manage what God has entrusted to us.

Psalm 24:1 “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.”
Haggai 2:8 “‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”
1 Chronicles 29:12 “Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things.”
Deuteronomy 8:18 “But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth.”
1 Corinthians 4:2 “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.”
Luke 16:10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much.”

Giving & tithing

God asks for our first and best, given freely from a grateful heart.

Proverbs 3:9 “Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops.”
Malachi 3:10 “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house.”
2 Corinthians 9:7 “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
Acts 20:35 “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Matthew 6:3–4 “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.”
1 Chronicles 29:14 “Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.”

Debt & borrowing

Borrowing isn’t a sin, but Scripture warns about its dangers and tells us to repay what we owe.

Proverbs 22:7 “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.”
Romans 13:8 “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another.”
Psalm 37:21 “The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously.”
Proverbs 22:26–27 “Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.”
James 4:13–14 “Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’ Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow.”

Saving & planning

The Joseph Principle: save in good years so you’re ready for lean ones.

Proverbs 21:20 “The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.”
Genesis 41:34–36 “Take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance… This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine.”
Proverbs 6:6–8 “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander… yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.”
Proverbs 21:5 “The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.”
Proverbs 13:22 “A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children.”
Ecclesiastes 11:2 “Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.”

Budgeting & managing well

Planning ahead is wisdom. Jesus Himself used the example of counting the cost.

Luke 14:28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?”
Proverbs 27:23 “Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds.”
Proverbs 24:3–4 “By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.”
Luke 16:11 “So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?”
1 Timothy 5:8 “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith.”
Proverbs 22:6 “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”

Work & income

Work is part of God’s design: earn a steady living from your work and have something to share.

Colossians 3:23 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.”
Proverbs 14:23 “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.”
Proverbs 10:4 “Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.”
2 Thessalonians 3:10 “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
Ephesians 4:28 “…doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.”
Luke 3:14 “Be content with your pay.”

Wisdom & godly counsel

Before a big financial decision, seek God’s wisdom in His Word and get godly advice.

James 1:5 “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
Proverbs 15:22 “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.”
Proverbs 3:5–6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.”
Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”
Proverbs 12:15 “The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.”

Get-rich-quick schemes

God’s way is slow and steady, not the lottery, speculation or chasing wealth.

Proverbs 28:20 “A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.”
Proverbs 13:11 “Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.”
Proverbs 23:4–5 “Do not wear yourself out to get rich… Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.”
Proverbs 28:22 “The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them.”
Mark 4:19 “…but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.”
1 Timothy 6:17 “Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God.”

Treasures in heaven

Money is temporary. How we use it can have eternal value.

Matthew 6:19–21 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth… But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven… For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
1 Timothy 6:18–19 “Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age.”
Luke 12:20–21 “You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you… This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
Mark 8:36 “What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?”
Colossians 3:2 “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”
Ecclesiastes 5:15 “Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, and as everyone comes, so they depart. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.”