1102 verses about Money

When in their covetousness men dealt hardly with him, She stood by him and made him rich;

And for gaining and getting and good success of his hands He asks ability of that which with its hands is most unable.

Let not your hand be stretched out to receive, and closed when you should repay.

Set not your heart upon your goods; And say not, They are sufficient for me.

Set not your heart upon unrighteous gains: For you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.

Strive not with a rich man, lest haply he overweigh you: For gold has destroyed many, And turned away the hearts of kings.

Lend not to a man that is mightier than yourself; And if you lend, be as one that has lost.

Be not surety above your power: And if you be surety, take thought as one that will have to pay.

Sovereignty is transferred from nation to nation, Because of iniquities, and deeds of violence, and greed of money.

A poor man is glorified for his knowledge; And a rich man is glorified for his riches.

But he that is glorified in poverty, how much more in riches? And he that is inglorious in riches, how much more in poverty?

There is that waxes rich by his wariness and pinching, And this is the portion of his reward:

Marvel not at the works of a sinner; But trust the Lord, and abide in your labor: For it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord swiftly on the sudden to make a poor man rich.

If you have substance, he will live with you; And he will make you bare, and will not be sorry.

What peace is there between the hyena and the dog? And what peace between the rich man and the poor?

Wild asses are the prey of lions in the wilderness; So poor men are pasture for the rich.

A rich man when he is shaken is held up of his friends; But one of low degree being down is thrust away also by his friends.

Riches are good that have no sin; And poverty is evil in the mouth of the ungodly.

Riches are not comely for a niggard; And what should an envious man do with money?

My son, according as you have, do well to yourself, And bring offerings to the Lord worthily.

In the days of fulness remember the time of hunger, And poverty and lack in the days of wealth.

Be not made a beggar by banqueting upon borrowing, When you have nothing in your purse.

There is a gift that will not profit you; And there is a gift whose recompense is double.

There is that buys much for a little, And pays for it again sevenfold.

The gift of a fool will not profit you; For his eyes are many instead of one.

He that tils his land will raise his heap high; And he that pleases great men will get pardon for iniquity.

Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, And as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs.

Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is out of sight, What profit is in them both?

He that builds his house with other men’s money Is like one that gathers himself stones against winter.

A merchant shall hardly keep himself from wrong doing; And a huckster will not be acquitted of sin.

Many have sinned for a thing indifferent; And he that seeks to multiply gain will turn his eye away.

A nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones; And sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling.

Look that you hedge your possession about with thorns; Bind up your silver and your gold;

Lend to your neighbor in time of his need; And pay you your neighbor again in due season.

Many have reckoned a loan as a windfall, And have given trouble to those that helped them.

Till he has received, he will kiss a man’s hands; And for his neighbor’s money he will speak submissly: And when payment is due, he will prolong the time, And return words of heaviness, and complain of the times.

If he prevail, he shall hardly receive the half; And he will count it as a windfall: If not, he has deprived him of his money, And he has gotten him for an enemy without cause: He will pay him with cursings and railings; And for honor he will pay him disgrace.

Lose your money for a brother and a friend; And let it not rust under the stone to be lost.

Bestow your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High; And it shall profit you more than gold.

A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety;

Suretiship has undone many that were prospering, And shaken them as a wave of the sea: Mighty men has it driven from their homes; And they wandered among strange nations.

A sinner that falls into suretiship, And undertakes contracts for work, shall fall into lawsuits.

These things are grievous to a man of understanding; The upbraiding of house-room, and the reproaching of the money-lender.

Health and a good constitution are better than all gold; And a strong body than wealth without measure.

Wakefulness that comes of riches consumes the flesh, And the anxiety thereof puts away sleep.

A rich man toileth in gathering money together; And when he rests, he is filled with his good things.

He that loves gold shall not be justified; And he that follows destruction shall himself have his fill of it.

Many have been given over to ruin for the sake of gold; And their perdition meets them face to face.

Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, And that goes not after gold.

His goods shall be made sure, And the congregation shall declare his alms.

To son and wife, to brother and friend, Give not power over you while you live; And give not your goods to another, Lest you repent and make supplication for them again.

He that sacrifices of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is made in mockery; And the mockeries of wicked men are not well-pleasing.

As one that kills the son before his father’s eyes Is he that brings a sacrifice from the goods of the poor.

As one that slays his neighbor is he that takes away his living; And as a shedder of blood is he that depriveth a hireling of his hire.

In every gift show a cheerful countenance, And dedicate your tithe with gladness.

Give to the Most High according as he has given; And as your hand has found, give with a good eye.

Think not to corrupt with gifts; for he will not receive them: And set not your mind on an unrighteous sacrifice; For the Lord is judge, And with him is no respect of persons.

The life of one that labores, and is contented, shall be made sweet; And he that finds a treasure is above both.

Gold and silver will make the foot stand sure; And counsel is esteemed above them both.

Riches and strength will lift up the heart; And the fear of the Lord is above both: There is nothing lacking in the fear of the Lord, And there is no need to seek help therein.

Of reckoning with a partner and with travellers; And of a gift from the heritage of friends;

Of exactness of balance and weights; And of getting much or little;

Whatsoever you handest over, let it be by number and weight; And in giving and receiving let all be in writing.

By the name of the Lord God, Which is called the God of Israel, You did gather gold as tin, And did multiply silver as lead.

Get you instruction with a great sum of silver, And gain much gold by her.

they made also a collection of money according to every man’s power:

And they said, Behold, we have sent you money; buy you therefore with the money burnt offerings, and sin offerings, and incense, and prepare an oblation, and offer upon the altar of the Lord our God;

those who had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and those who hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust; and of whose getting there is no end?

and sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and bestow it upon themselves;

and will even give thereof to the common harlots: and they deck them as men with garments, even the gods of silver, and gods of gold, and of wood.

In like manner, they can neither give riches nor money: though a man make a vow to them, and keep it not, they will never exact it.

Neither are those gods of wood, and overlaid with silver or with gold, able to escape either from thieves or robbers.

Now Joakim was a great rich man, and had a fair garden joining to his house: and to him resorted the Jews; because he was more honorable than all others.

And he took the silver and the gold and the precious vessels; and he took the hidden treasures which he found.

And he opened his treasury, and gave his forces pay for a year, and commanded them to be ready for every need.

And he saw that the money failed from his treasures, and that the tributes of the country were small, because of the dissension and plague which he had brought upon the land, to the end that he might take away the laws which had been from the first days;

and he feared that he should not have enough as at other times for the charges and the gifts which he gave aforetime with a liberal hand, and he abounded above the kings that were before him.

And he was exceedingly perplexed in his mind, and he determined to go into Persia, and to take the tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.

And the merchants of the country heard the fame of them, and took silver and gold exceeding much, with fetters, and came into the camp to take the children of Israel for servants: and there were added to them the forces of Syria and of the land of the Philistines.

And Judas returned to plunder the camp, and they got much gold, and silver, and blue, and sea purple, and great riches.

and what things they did in the land of Spain, that they might become masters of the mines of silver and gold which were there;

and to those who make war upon them they shall not give, neither supply, food, arms, money, or ships, as it has seemed good to Rome, and they shall keep their ordinances without taking anything therefore.

and to those who are confederates with their foes there shall not be given food, arms, money, or ships, as it has seemed good to Rome; and they shall keep these ordinances, and that without deceit.

And now do I free you, and release all the Jews, from the tributes, and from the customs of salt, and from the crowns.

And let Jerusalem be holy and free, and her borders; the tenths and the tolls also.

As for Ptolemais, and the land pertaining thereto, I have given it as a gift to the sanctuary that is at Jerusalem, for the expenses that befit the sanctuary.

And I give every year fifteen thousand shekels of silver from the king’s revenues from the places that are convenient.

And all the overplus, which those who manage the king’s affairs paid not in as in the first years, they shall give from henceforth toward the works of the house.

And beside this, the five thousand shekels of silver, which they received from the uses of the sanctuary from the revenue year by year, this also is released, because it appertains to the priests that minister.

And for the building and renewing of the works of the sanctuary the expense shall be given also out of the king’s revenue.

And he went with pomp to Ptolemais, and met the two kings, and gave them and their Friends silver and gold, and many gifts, and found favor in their sight.

and taking silver and gold and raiment and various presents besides, went to Ptolemais to the king. And he found favor in his sight.

And Jonathan requested of the king, that he would make Judea free from tribute, and the three provinces, and the country of Samaria; and promised him three hundred talents.

And as for the other things that pertain to us from henceforth, of the tenths and the tolls that pertain to us, and the saltpits, and the crowns that pertain to us, all these we will bestow upon them.

It is for money which Jonathan your brother owed to the king’s treasure, by reason of the offices which he had, that we hold him fast.

And now send a hundred talents of silver, and two of his sons for hostages, that when he is set at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will set him at liberty.

And Simon knew that they spoke to him deceitfully; and he sends the money and the children, lest perhaps he should procure to himself great hatred of the people,

and they should say, Because I sent him not the money and the children, he perished.

And he sent the children and the hundred talents. And he dealt falsely, and did not set Jonathan at liberty.

After this Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a great shield of gold of a thousand pound weight, in order to confirm the confederacy with them.