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Bible Verses About Wealth & Riches

Riches in eternal perspective

Not financial advice.

Scripture on money, wealth, and debt is presented for devotional and educational purposes only. Nothing here constitutes investment, financial, or legal advice. Consult a qualified professional for financial decisions.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge those who are rich in this present age that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

1 Timothy 6:18

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

1 Timothy 6:19

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

Proverbs 23:4

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Proverbs 23:5

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

Matthew 6:19

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Matthew 6:20

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

Matthew 6:21

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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