Bible verses about finances and money11/21/2023 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice. Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.įor children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.īut 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.Ĭhoosing advisors and seeking wise counsel What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.įor the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.”Ĭome now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms with injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages…ĭo not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked. Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard. It is well with the man who deals generously and lends who conducts his affairs with justice.Ī false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.īetter is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ Know well the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.įor which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Unless otherwise noted, scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Also if you missed the first three posts in this series on what the Bible says about money, you can find them here, here, and here.
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