Topics:
Budgeting
"But let all things be done properly and
in an orderly manner" (1 Corinthians 14:40)
"For God is not a God of confusion" (1
Corinthians 14:33)
"Prepare plans by consultation" (Proverbs
20:18)
"The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage" (Proverbs
21:5)
"Any enterprise is built by wise planning, becomes
strong through common sense, and profits wonderfully
by keeping abreast of the facts" (Proverbs
24:3-4, TLB)
Children
"Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul
diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes
have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the
days of your life; but make them known to your sons and
your grandsons" (Deuteronomy 4:9)
"These words, which I am commanding you today,
shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently
to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your
house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down
and when you rise up" (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
"You shall therefore impress these words of mine
on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them
as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals
on your forehead. And you shall teach them to
your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house
and when you walk along the road and when you lie down
and when you rise up" (Deuteronomy 11:18-19)
"Train up a child in the way he should go, even
when he is old he will not depart from it"
(Proverbs 22:6)
Contentment
"Let your character be free from the love of
money, being content with what you have; for He Himself
has said, 'I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake
you,' so that we confidently say, “The Lord is
my helper, I will not be afraid" (Hebrews 13:5-6)
"If we have food and covering, with these
we shall be content" (1 Timothy 6:8)
"Besides You, I desire nothing on earth" (Psalm
73:25)
"But godliness actually is a means of great gain,
when accompanied by contentment"
(1 Timothy 6:6)
Counsel
"A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
and a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel" (Proverbs
1:5)
"The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
but a wise man is he who listens to counsel" (Proverbs
12:15)
"O great and mighty God. The Lord of hosts is
His name; great in counsel and mighty in deed" (Jeremiah
32:18-19)
"All the kings of the earth were seeking the
presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had
put in his heart" (2 Chronicles 9:23)
"He who walks with wise men will be wise" (Proverbs
13:20)
"For to one is given the word of wisdom through
the Spirit" (1 Corinthians 12:8)
Coveting
"You shall not covet you neighbor’s house;
you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his
male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey
or anything that belongs to your neighbor" (Exodus
20:17)
"You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife,
and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house,
his field or his male servant or his female servant,
his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your
neighbor" (Deuteronomy 5:21)
"You shall not covet the silver or the gold that
is on them [graven images], nor take it for
yourselves, lest you be snared by it, for it is an abomination
to the Lord your God" (Deuteronomy 7:25)
"Now these things [Lord’s discipline
of Israel] happened as examples for us, that we should
not crave evil things, as they also craved" (1
Corinthians 10:6)
"Do not be deceived; neither fornicators... nor
the covetous... shall inherit the kingdom of God" (1
Corinthians 6:9-10)
Debt
"The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower
becomes the lender’s slave"
(Proverbs 22:7)
"Let the creditor seize all that he [the
wicked] has; and let strangers plunder the product
of his hand" (Psalm 109:11)
"Thus says the Lord... 'To whom of My creditors
did I sell you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities' " (Isaiah
50:1)
"The wicked borrows and does not pay back, but
the righteous is gracious and gives"
(Psalm 37:21)
"Woe to me, my mother, that you have born me
as a man of strife and a man of contention to all the
land! I have neither lent, nor have men lent money to
me, yet every one curses me" (Jeremiah 15:10)
Giving
"But whoever has the world’s goods, and
beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against
him, how does the love of God abide in him?" (1
John 3:17)
"If I give all my possessions to feed the poor...
but do not have love, it profits me nothing"
(1 Corinthians 13:3)
"God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Corinthians
9:7)
"Go and sell your possessions and give to the
poor, and you shall have treasures in heaven" (Matthew
19:21)
"If any widow has children or grandchildren,
let them first learn to practice piety in regard to their
own family, and to make some return to their parents" (1
Timothy 5:4)
Greed
"Therefore consider the members of your earthly
body as dead to ...greed, which amounts to idolatry" (Colossians
3:5)
"He said to them, 'Beware, and be on your guard
against every form of greed; for not even when one has
an abundance does his life consist of his possessions' " (Luke
12:15)
"Besides You, I desire nothing on earth" (Psalm
73:25)
"The greedy man curses and spurns the Lord" (Psalm
10:3-4)
"The treacherous will be caught by their own
greed" (Proverbs 11:6)
Honesty
"The heart is more deceitful than all else and
is desperately sick" (Jeremiah 17:9)
"It is the Spirit who bears witness, because
the Spirit is the truth" (1 John 5:7)
"Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from
speaking deceit" (Psalm 34:13)
"A truthful witness saves lives, but he who speaks
lies is treacherous" (Proverbs 14:25)
"Better is the poor who walks in his integrity,
than he who is crooked though he be rich"
(Proverbs 28:6)
Idolatry
"You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods
of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves" (Exodus
20:23)
"Their idols are silver and gold, the work of
man’s hands" (Psalm 115:4)
"The idols of the nations are but silver and
gold, the work of man’s hands" (Psalm
135:15)
"All of her [Israel] idols will be smashed,
all of her earnings will be burned with fire, and all
of her images I [the Lord] will make desolate" (Micah
1:7)
"And you [God’s people] will defile
your graven images, overlaid with silver, and your molten
images plated with gold. You will scatter them
as an impure thing; and say to them, 'Be gone!' Then
He will give you rain for the seed which you will sow
in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground,
and it will be rich and plenteous; on that day your livestock
will graze in a roomy pasture" (Isaiah 30:22-23)
Riches
"He [the wicked man] will not become
rich, nor will his wealth endure" (Job 15:29)
"Surely every man walks about as a phantom; surely
they make an uproar for nothing; he amasses riches, and
does not know who will gather them" (Psalm
39:6)
"Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but
righteousness delivers from death"
(Proverbs 11:4)
"For what does it profit a man to gain the whole
world, and forfeit his soul? For what shall a man
give in exchange for his soul?" (Mark 8:36-37)
"Instruct those who are rich in this present
world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the
uncertainty of riches, but on God" (1 Timothy
6:17)
Saving and Investing
"But if anyone does not provide for his own,
and especially for those of his household, he has denied
the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever" (1
Timothy 5:8)
"A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s
children" (Proverbs 13:22)
"A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son
who acts shamefully, and will share in the inheritance
among brothers" (Proverbs 17:2)
"The wise man saves for the future, but the foolish
man spends whatever he gets"
(Proverbs 21:20, LB)
"Steady plodding bring prosperity" (Proverbs
21:5, LB)
Taxes/Tribute
"Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection
(to the government), not only because of wrath, but also
for conscience’ sake. For because of this
you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting
themselves to this very thing. Render to all what
is due them: tax to whom tax is due" (Romans
13:5-7)
"The king will enrich the man who kills him [Goliath] with
great riches... and make his father’s house free
in Israel" (1 Samuel 17:25)
"It is not allowed to impose tax, tribute or
toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers,
Nethinim, or servants of this house of God" (Ezra
7:24)
"Then the king of Egypt deposed him [Joahaz] at
Jerusalem, and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred
talents of silver and one talent of gold" (2
Chronicles 36:3)
"Mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem, governing
all the provinces beyond the River, and that tribute,
custom, and toll were paid to them" (Ezra 4:20)
The Poor
"[The wicked] caused the cry of the poor to come
to Him, and that He might hear the cry of the afflicted [judgment
result]" (Job 34:28)
"A poor man who oppresses the lowly is like a
driving rain which leaves no food" (Proverbs
28:3)
"Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear is a
wicked ruler over a poor people" (Proverbs
28:15)
"He who oppresses the poor to make much for himself
or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty" (Proverbs
22:16)
"The righteous is concerned for the rights of
the poor, the wicked does not understand such concern" (Proverbs
29:7)
Work
"Then the Lord God took the man and put him into
the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it" (Genesis
2:15)
"Six days you shall labor and do all your work" (Exodus
20:9)
"Man goes forth to his work and to his labor
until evening" (Psalm 104:23)
"Whether, then, you eat of drink or whatever
you do, do all to the glory of God"
(1 Corinthians 10:31)
"Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans
will be established" (Proverbs 16:3)
Scripture quotations
from the NASB.
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