25 Bible Verses About Obtaining Wealth (ESV)

18 You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

4   A slack hand causes poverty,
    but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

13 No servant can serve two masters, for 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 God and money.”

36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

38 give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

4   Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

27   Whoever gives to the poor will not want,
    but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.

17 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. 18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

7   The rich rules over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

22:1   A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
    and favor is better than silver or gold.

8   Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
    give me neither poverty nor riches;
    feed me with the food that is needful for me,
9   lest I be full and deny you
    and say, “Who is the LORD?”
  or lest I be poor and steal
    and profane the name of my God.

7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

4   The reward for humility and fear of the LORD
    is riches and honor and life.

17 But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?

31   Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker,
    but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

28   Whoever trusts in his riches will fall,
    but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

22   The blessing of the LORD makes rich,
    and he adds no sorrow with it.

10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.

28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

5:1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. 5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.

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

25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

15   A rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.