This text is a part of the Passages to Read collection.
1. 1 Timothy 6:6–9
However godliness with contentment is nice achieve, for we introduced nothing into the world, and we can not take something out of the world. But when now we have meals and clothes, with these we will probably be content material. However those that want to be wealthy fall into temptation, right into a snare, into many mindless and dangerous wishes that plunge folks into damage and destruction. Read More
2. Hebrews 13:5
Preserve your life free from love of cash, and be content material with what you’ve, for he has stated, “I’ll by no means depart you nor forsake you.” Read More
3. Philippians 4:11–12
Not that I’m talking of being in want, for I’ve realized in no matter scenario I’m to be content material. I understand how to be introduced low, and I understand how to abound. In any and each circumstance, I’ve realized the key of going through lots and starvation, abundance and wish. Read More
4. Matthew 6:24
Nobody can serve two masters, for both he’ll hate the one and love the opposite, or he will probably be dedicated to the one and despise the opposite. You can not serve God and cash. Read More
5. Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who loves cash won’t be happy with cash, nor he who loves wealth together with his revenue; this is also vainness. Read More
6. Luke 12:15
And he stated to them, “Take care, and be in your guard towards all covetousness, for one’s life doesn’t consist within the abundance of his possessions.” Read More
7. Matthew 6:19–21
Don’t lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, the place moth and rust destroy and the place thieves break in and steal, however lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, the place neither moth nor rust destroys and the place thieves don’t break in and steal. For the place your treasure is, there your coronary heart will probably be additionally. Read More
8. Proverbs 23:4–5
Don’t toil to amass wealth;
be discerning sufficient to desist.
When your eyes gentle on it, it’s gone,
for all of the sudden it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle towards heaven. Read More
9. Luke 6:38
. . . give, and it is going to be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken collectively, operating over, will probably be put into your lap. For with the measure you utilize it is going to be measured again to you. Read More
10. James 5:1–6
Come now, you wealthy, weep and howl for the miseries which can be coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your clothes are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will probably be proof towards you and can eat your flesh like fireplace. You could have laid up treasure within the final days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you saved again by fraud, are crying out towards you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You could have lived on the earth in luxurious and in self-indulgence. You could have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You could have condemned and murdered the righteous particular person. He doesn’t resist you. Read More
11. Mark 12:41–44
And he sat down reverse the treasury and watched the folks placing cash into the providing field. Many wealthy folks put in massive sums. And a poor widow got here and put in two small copper cash, which make a penny. And he known as his disciples to him and stated to them, “Actually, I say to you, this poor widow has put in additional than all those that are contributing to the providing field. For all of them contributed out of their abundance, however she out of her poverty has put in every little thing she had, all she needed to dwell on.” Read More
12. Acts 8:20
However Peter stated to him, “Could your silver perish with you, since you thought you may receive the present of God with cash!” Read More
