25 Bible Verses About Obtaining Wealth (NIV)

¹⁸ But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.

⁴ Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

¹³ "No servant can serve two masters. 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 both God and Money."

³⁶ What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

³⁸ Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."

⁴ Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

²⁷ He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.

¹⁷ Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. ¹⁸ Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.

⁹ People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

⁷ The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

¹ A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

⁸ Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. ⁹ Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the LORD?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

⁷ Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

⁴ Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.

¹⁷ If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?

³¹ He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

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

²² The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

¹⁰ Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.

²⁸ He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.

¹ Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. ² Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. ³ Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. ⁴ Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. ⁵ You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. ⁶ You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you.

²² A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.

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

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.