Bible Verses About Money

28 verses in the King James Version (KJV) and the Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Money touches almost every part of life, so it's no surprise the Bible talks about it often. These verses cover saving and spending, debt and generosity, hard work and contentment. They also warn about letting wealth become what we trust most. Whether you are budgeting through a tight month or deciding what to do with plenty, these passages offer grounded, practical wisdom. They ask a simple question worth returning to: where is your treasure, really?

1 Timothy 6:10

KJV

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.
BSB

For 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.
Hebrews 13:5

KJV

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.
BSB

Keep 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.”
Matthew 6:24

KJV

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.
BSB

No 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.
Matthew 6:19

KJV

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
BSB

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Matthew 6:20

KJV

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
BSB

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Matthew 6:21

KJV

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
BSB

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Proverbs 22:7

KJV

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
BSB

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 13:11

KJV

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
BSB

Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
Proverbs 3:9

KJV

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
BSB

Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
Proverbs 3:10

KJV

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
BSB

then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 21:20

KJV

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
BSB

Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Proverbs 22:1

KJV

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
BSB

A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
Ecclesiastes 5:10

KJV

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
BSB

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
Luke 12:15

KJV

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.
BSB

And 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.”
Luke 16:10

KJV

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.
BSB

Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
Luke 16:11

KJV

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
BSB

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
Malachi 3:10

KJV

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
BSB

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
2 Corinthians 9:7

KJV

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
BSB

Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
Philippians 4:19

KJV

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
BSB

And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:11

KJV

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
BSB

I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
Philippians 4:12

KJV

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.
BSB

I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.
Deuteronomy 8:18

KJV

But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
BSB

But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
1 Timothy 6:17

KJV

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;
BSB

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
1 Timothy 6:18

KJV

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
BSB

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
Proverbs 11:24

KJV

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
BSB

One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Proverbs 11:25

KJV

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
BSB

A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
Romans 13:8

KJV

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
BSB

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Proverbs 28:20

KJV

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
BSB

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

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