Saving Money

One person pretends to be rich but has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.

Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle, but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.

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

Precious treasure and oil are in the dwelling of a wise person, but a fool consumes them.

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender.

“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will trust you with what is genuine?

In every way I’ve shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by laboring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

On the first day of the week, each of you is to set something aside and save in keeping with how he is prospering, so that no collections will need to be made when I come.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

The point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

Each person should do as he has decided in his heart — not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.

Let the thief no longer steal. Instead, he is to do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need.

But if anyone does not provide for his own family, especially for his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you.