1102 verses about Money

so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”

Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold.

With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield than choice silver.

that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

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

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.

Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

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

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

Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.

The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not wrong.” He is a partner with a destroyer.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.

She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn’t go out by night.

She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant.

I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

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

When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don’t judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.

On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.

It will happen after the end of seventy years that Yahweh will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her wages, and will play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.

It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.

You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away as an unclean thing. You shall tell it, “Go away!”

Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down— yes, they worship.

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.

Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.