Money Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. - Proverbs 23:4,5 Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked. - Psalm 37:16 Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised to those who love him? - James 2:5 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. - Ecclesiastes 4:6 “Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the Lord.  “I will protect them from those who malign them.” - Psalm 12:5 He who mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished. - Proverbs 17:5 Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court. - Proverbs 22:22 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.  Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.  In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life. - 1 Timothy 6:17-19 The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep. I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him. - Ecclesiastes 5:12-14 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. - Deuteronomy 8:18 But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish. - Psalm 9:18 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.  So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. - Job 5:15,16 Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf. - Proverbs 11:28 A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished. - Proverbs 28:20 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. - Proverbs 11:4 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be an unclean thing.  Their silver and gold will not be able to save them in the day of the Lord’s wrath.  They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it, for it has made them stumble into sin. - Ezekiel 7:19 One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. - Proverbs 13:7 Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income.  This too is meaningless. - Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich - both come to poverty. - Proverbs 22:16 A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him. - Proverbs 28:22 Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all. - Proverbs 22:2 But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction. - Job 36:15 Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil. - Proverbs 15:16 Better a poor man whose walk is blameles than a rich man whose ways are perverse. - Proverbs 28:6 Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble. - Psalm 41:1