These Bible verses for money help you see your wallet the way Jesus did, as something to use well without letting it rule your heart. Scripture warns against the love of money, yet it also honours honest work, saving and giving. Let these passages shape your spending, your contentment and the way you trust God.
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.
Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)
Believers are told to be content and free from covetousness because God will never leave them.
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.
1 Timothy 6:10 (KJV)
Paul warns that the love of money, not money itself, is the root of all evil and many sorrows.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 (KJV)
The one who loves silver will never be satisfied with silver, however much he gains.
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.
Matthew 6:24 (KJV)
Jesus says no one can serve two masters, God and mammon.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 6:19-21 (KJV)
Treasure stored in heaven lasts, and where our treasure is, our heart follows.
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10 (KJV)
Honouring the Lord with our substance and firstfruits puts God first in our finances.
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Proverbs 30:8-9 (KJV)
Agur asks for neither poverty nor riches, only daily bread, so he will not forget God.
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.
Luke 12:15 (KJV)
Jesus warns that a person’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Philippians 4:11-13 (KJV)
Paul learned contentment both in plenty and in need through Christ’s strength.
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:4-5 (KJV)
Riches can fly away like an eagle, so do not wear yourself out chasing them.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 13:11 (KJV)
Wealth gained by vanity dwindles, but steady labour makes it grow.
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Luke 16:10-11 (KJV)
Faithfulness with small amounts and with earthly money shows whether we can be trusted with true riches.
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
1 Timothy 6:17-19 (KJV)
The rich are urged not to trust uncertain riches but to be generous and ready to share.
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psalms 37:16 (KJV)
A little held by a righteous person is better than the riches of many wicked.
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Proverbs 15:16 (KJV)
Having little with the fear of the Lord is better than great treasure with trouble.
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Mark 12:41-44 (KJV)
Jesus honours the poor widow whose two mites were worth more than the gifts of the rich.
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought 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.
Acts 20:35 (KJV)
Paul recalls the words of Jesus that it is more blessed to give than to receive.
1 Timothy 6:10 is worth praying before a specific financial decision, checking your own heart’s attachment honestly.
For a related angle, see Bible Verses About Protection and Fear or Bible Verses About Peace of Mind.
The verses on this page come from the King James Version; the complete text is freely available at Blue Letter Bible.
This subject overlaps with Bible Verses For Prayer and Healing and with Bible Verses For Fathers.
Bible Verses For Love and Relationships and Bible Verses For Overcoming Fear pick up threads that run through these verses.
You might also turn to Bible Verses For Relationships and Bible Verses For Discipleship.
Readers of this page often go on to Bible Verses For Finances or Bible Verses About Finances.
If the KJV wording feels unfamiliar, Bible Gateway lets you set it beside a modern translation.
For word studies and cross-references, Bible Hub is a helpful next step.
Return to this verse whenever a money decision requires honest self-examination.
Jesus addressed money more often than many other topics, through direct teaching and through parables involving coins, debts, wages, and investments. This frequency is worth noticing — money was not treated as beneath serious spiritual attention, but as a subject worth returning to repeatedly, likely because how a person handles it reveals so much about deeper priorities and trust.
If you are looking for direct guidance about money specifically, Jesus’ own teaching, not only the epistles, offers substantial and direct material worth studying closely.
Matthew 6:24’s statement that no one can serve two masters, God and mammon, frames money specifically as capable of functioning as a rival master, not merely a neutral tool. This framing is worth applying honestly to your own life — whether money currently occupies a role that competes for the loyalty and attention that belongs elsewhere, or whether it remains genuinely in its proper place as a tool under your direction.
Luke 16:11 asks whether, if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches — treating how you handle money as a genuine test with implications beyond the money itself. This connection between financial faithfulness and broader trustworthiness is worth remembering specifically the next time a financial decision seems small enough not to matter much either way.
If you are facing a specific decision about money right now, consider praying directly about it, naming the actual amount, the actual choice, the actual tension involved, rather than praying only in general terms about your finances overall. Specific prayer about a specific decision tends to clarify your own thinking as much as it invites genuine guidance, in a way vague, general prayer rarely accomplishes.
Consider choosing one specific verse from this list to bring to mind before your next significant purchase, rather than trying to apply all twenty at once to every financial decision. A single verse, genuinely recalled at the actual moment of decision, tends to shape behavior more directly than a list read once in the abstract and then set aside until the next time this page comes to mind.
Whatever your relationship with money looks like today, secure, strained, or somewhere uncertain, these verses are meant to be prayed directly over your actual circumstances, not read only as distant background reflection.
A settled, honest relationship with money, examined periodically rather than left unexamined, tends to serve you better over the years than either constant anxious pursuit of more or careful avoidance of the subject altogether.
Return to this list whenever money starts to occupy more mental and emotional space than it actually deserves, as a way of resetting your attention toward what matters most.
Real peace about money tends to come from honest stewardship, not from any particular amount finally being reached.
These verses were not written to be read once and filed away. They hold up under repeated return, especially on the days money feels heaviest to think about.
Luke 19:1-10 introduces Zacchaeus as “chief among the publicans, and he was rich.” Tax collectors in Jericho worked for Rome and were widely known for taking more than they were owed. Zacchaeus was short, so he climbed a sycamore tree just to see Jesus pass by. Jesus stopped, called him by name and invited Himself to his house.
What happened next was not a lecture about money. It was a changed heart that showed up in money. Zacchaeus stood and said, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.” Jesus answered, “This day is salvation come to this house.” Many Bible verses for money call for generosity; his story shows where that generosity comes from.
His story puts Bible verses for money in the right order. Grace came first; generosity and restitution followed. Zacchaeus did not buy his way to Jesus. He responded to being welcomed. That is why his giving was glad rather than forced.
Just one chapter earlier, a rich young ruler heard Jesus say, “sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor,” and he went away “very sorrowful” (Luke 18:22-23). Two wealthy men met the same Lord. One let go and found joy; the other held on and left sad. Reading Bible verses for money beside these two stories raises a searching question: which way is my own heart leaning?
Every Gospel mentions money, but Luke returns to it again and again. Reading his account with an eye on coins, debts and possessions shows how closely Jesus tied money to the state of the heart.
Taken together, these passages add something the more familiar Bible verses for money can leave out. In Luke, money is almost never neutral. It either opens a door to love, as with the Samaritan and the women who gave, or it becomes a wall that shuts out God and neighbour, as with the rich fool and the man who ignored Lazarus.
If you want a week of reading, take one of these passages each day and ask: what did this person’s money reveal about what they loved? Among these Bible verses for money, the rich fool’s story may be the sharpest. He was not a thief. He simply planned his whole future without God in it.
Reading Bible verses for money through Luke’s eyes also guards against a harsh conclusion. Jesus was not against possessions as such. He ate in the homes of the wealthy and accepted support from women of means. His concern was what possessions were doing to the people who held them.
Much of our relationship with money is lived out at work: in what we charge, what we claim, how we treat customers and how we speak about pay. Scripture has plenty to say about that ordinary ground.
When tax collectors and soldiers came to John the Baptist asking what repentance looked like, his answers were about money. To the tax collectors he said, “Exact no more than that which is appointed you,” and to the soldiers, “be content with your wages” (Luke 3:13-14). Faith showed up in the ledger. Among these Bible verses for money, John’s two short answers may be the most practical: take only what is fair, and be content with what you are paid.
Bible verses for money are not only for the bank statement at home. Keeping one on your desk or phone can steady you when you are tempted to cut a corner, pad an expense claim or resent a colleague’s raise. If saving is part of your workplace goals, you may also find help in Bible verses for saving money wisely.
Money is one of the hardest subjects to talk about honestly, even among Christian friends. A few gentle questions can help a small group or a pair of friends move past polite answers. Choose two or three rather than trying to cover them all.
Comparison quietly feeds discontent. Hebrews 13:5, Psalm 37:16 and Philippians 4:11 are good ones to memorise for the moment you scroll past someone else’s new car or holiday. They remind you that contentment is learned and that God’s presence is the one possession no one can take.
Close your time by praying for one another by name, especially anyone carrying financial stress. If a group member is anxious about bills, you might point them to Bible verses for worrying about money and offer practical help where you can.
Few people in the Bible had more money than Solomon, and his story is an odd one for anyone hunting for Bible verses for money. When God offered him anything he wanted, he asked for an understanding heart to judge the people. God was pleased, and added what Solomon had not requested: “I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour” (1 Kings 3:13). The order matters. Wisdom came first, and the gold arrived as a side effect, not as the goal.
Years later the same king sat down and tallied up what all of it had bought him. His verdict is blunt. Looking over his projects, gardens and treasuries, he wrote, “all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 2:11). That is not a man complaining about being poor. It is a man who got every purchase he ever wanted and still woke up restless. If you are reading Bible verses for money because you want more of it, Solomon is the one writer who can speak to you from the far side of that wish. He does not tell you to refuse a raise. He tells you that the raise will not answer the questions you think it will.
In the early chapters of Acts there is a short note about a man from Cyprus named Joses, whom the apostles nicknamed Barnabas, which means son of encouragement. The text says simply, “Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet” (Acts 4:37). That is the whole account. No speech, no fundraising appeal, no plaque on a wall.
What makes the scene useful is how ordinary it is. A field was a family’s security in the first century, and selling one meant giving up a safety net that could not easily be rebuilt. Barnabas did it quietly, and the church was able to feed its poor members because of people like him. Luke records it right next to the story of Ananias and Sapphira, who pretended to give everything while keeping some back, and the contrast is deliberate. Barnabas gave and made no fuss. They gave a portion and made a show. When you scan the Bible verses for money that deal with giving, this pair of stories is a good check on motive. Before asking how much, ask who you are hoping will notice.
Proverbs has a small sermon on insects. “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise” (Proverbs 6:6). The ant has no boss standing over her and still gathers food in summer. The point is not hustle culture. It is that foresight is built into the created world, and a person can learn it by watching something smaller than a thumbnail.
A second proverb makes the same point from the opposite direction: “There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up” (Proverbs 21:20). Oil and treasure were stored goods, the equivalent of a pantry and a savings account. The wise household has some on hand. The foolish one burns through whatever arrives, the day it arrives. Neither proverb says the foolish man is wicked, only that he is unprepared. Of all the Bible verses for money, these two are the least glamorous, and probably the ones most likely to save a family from a bad winter. Start small. A jar on the shelf, a standing transfer, a month of groceries ahead. The habit counts for more than the amount.
There is a particular kind of tired that comes from lying in bed doing sums. Psalm 127 speaks right into it: “It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep” (Psalm 127:2). Scholars connect the psalm with Solomon, and the whole poem is about the limits of human effort. A builder and a watchman can both do their jobs well, and the outcome still rests with someone bigger than they are.
That does not excuse laziness, and it does not mean worry will vanish if you quote a verse. Some seasons of financial pressure are real and heavy, and a counselor, a pastor or a trusted friend with practical knowledge can help far more than another sleepless hour. What the psalm gives is permission to stop at a reasonable hour. Do what can be done today, write down what is left for tomorrow, and close the notebook. People in the Bible who prayed through money trouble were not told to pretend it was small. They were invited to hand the weight over, and then to get some rest.
A short line in Proverbs reframes a loan to a struggling neighbour. “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again” (Proverbs 19:17). Picture a man in an ancient village whose ox has died in plowing season. He cannot buy another, and without one his field goes unplanted. The neighbour who hands over silver, or lends his own animal for a week, is doing something the proverb treats as a kind of loan to God Himself, with God as the one who stands behind the repayment.
Some readers stretch that line into a financial guarantee, as if any gift to the needy will come back doubled by spring. The verse does not say that. It says the Lord takes note, and that He will repay in His own way and time. Anyone who has lent money to a relative and never seen it again will understand why the wording is careful. Give what you can afford to lose, and do it without keeping a ledger over the person. A gift that comes with strings turns into a lever, and the poor have had enough of being pulled around by levers.
There is also a quieter side to this proverb. The person lending is invited to see the borrower as a neighbour first and a risk second. That may change how you handle a friend who falls behind, or how a church decides to help a family with a utility bill. Mercy and good sense can sit at the same table, as long as neither is asked to do the other one’s job.
If you want to keep going with this theme, try Bible Verses For Worrying About Money, Bible Verses About Money, Bible Verses For Saving Money, Bible Verses About Worrying About Money and Bible Verses About Money and Greed.
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1 Timothy 6:10 is worth praying before a specific financial decision, checking your own heart's attachment honestly.
This page brings together 17 King James Version references about money, drawn from 8 different books of the Bible.
1 Timothy 6:10 is one of the verses about money referenced in this collection, alongside Matthew 6:24.
Yes, the verses referenced on this page, including 1 Timothy 6:10, are quoted according to the King James Version (KJV), and are suitable for daily reading, memorization, or devotional use.
Beyond the references highlighted on this page, money appears throughout Scripture in books such as 1 Timothy, Matthew, Luke, Proverbs, Colossians; this collection focuses on some of the clearest examples.
