Headlines like these make you wonder, what were they thinking?
William Bud Post: Won more than $16 million in 1988 and ended up bankrupt and living on disability checks.
Rick Camat: Won $87 million in 2000 and was shot to death by police after he allegedly was firing off a gun at a football game
Ibi Roncaioli: Won $5 million in 1991 and was poisoned by her husband after losing the family fortune on gambling.
You think that people learn – but as history repeats itself, others are still making the headlines after a big win is followed by a foolish and stupid choice.
Wisdom is the weapon that will help you navigate through the loops and hops of life and stand out as different. Sometimes it may look like conventional wisdom or if you would ‘common sense’ wisdom, but I am constantly learning to ask God and involve Him in my plans, and it works. YES! It works. I believe that true wisdom is only found in God. A college degree and work experience at best gives you understanding of the subject, and makes you intelligent, but you need more than that. True wisdom!
Because “what then does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?”(Mathew 16:26)
I have listed here a collection of few bible scriptures on money and relevant subject. I have also included on this list other resources that you can find numerous bible scriptures on money issues.
If you have a favorite scripture on money that you want added on the list, i will be glad to do that just leave the scripture on the comment.
What the Bible says about Debt
Prov 22:7 (NASB)
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower {becomes} the lender’s slave.
Romans 13:8(NIV)
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.
Proverbs 22:26-27(NIV)
Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you
Deuteronomy 28:12(NASB)
The LORD will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
We are Stewards not owners
Psalm 50:10-12(NIV)
For every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine. If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
Deut 8:18 (NIV)
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.
Deut 11:13-15 (NIV)
So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today– to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul–
14 then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil.
1 Sam 2:7 (NIV)
The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.
What the Bible says about Giving & Tithing
Prov 3:9-10 (AMP)
Honor the Lord with your capital and sufficiency [from righteous labors], and with the first fruits of all your income;
9 So shall your storage places be filled with plenty, and your vats be overflowing with new wine.
2 Chronicles 31:5(NIV)
As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything.
Leviticus 27:30(NASB)
Thus all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.
Malachi 3:8-10(NIV)
Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How do we rob you?’ “In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
What the Bible says about God’s Provision
Matthew 6:31-32(NASB)
Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat ‘ or ‘What will we drink ‘ or ‘What will we wear for clothing ‘ For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
Psalm 37:25(NASB)
I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.
2 Corinthians 9:8(NASB)
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything; you may have an abundance for every good deed;
Philippians 4:19(NASB)
And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
What the Bible says about Saving
1 Corinthians 16:2(NIV)
On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
Proverbs 27:12(NASB)
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, the naive proceed and pay the penalty
Proverbs 30:24-25(NASB)
Four things are small on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise: The ants are not a strong people, but they prepare their food in the summer;
What the Bible says about Budget
Proverbs 22:3(NASB)
The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, but the naive go on, and are punished for it.
Luke 14:28-30(NASB)
For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it “Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish. ‘”
Proverbs 24:27(AMP)
[Put first things first.] Prepare your work outside and get it ready for yourself in the field; and afterward build your house and establish a home.
What the Bible says about Corruption
Proverbs 13:11 (AMP)
Wealth [not earned but] won in haste or unjustly or from the production of things for vain or detrimental use [such riches] will dwindle away, but he who gathers little by little will increase [his riches].
Other Resources on Bible and money
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Amen. Debt is killing us as a nation – and has a devastating impact on the spirit and ones faith. Whoever you are slave to rules you.
Our rule for escaping debt is to regard whatever the Lord have not provided unecessary.
MONEY IS BOTH SPIRITUAL AND A SOCIAL ISSUE. WHEN MEN OF GOD DECIDE TO TEACH IT, IT HELPS THE BODY OF CHRIST TO KNOW WHAT GOD’S WILL IS FOR THEM. KEEP DOING THE GOOD WORK.
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