Below is our full list of bible verses on obtaining wealth (King James Version – KJV) provided in ranked order.
Most Popular Bible Verses About Obtaining Wealth
Deuteronomy 8:18
“18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.”
Related Themes: Business Money Finances Sovereignty Prosperity
Proverbs 10:4
“4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.”
Luke 16:13
“13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
Related Themes: Money Consistency Gambling Finances
Mark 8:36
“36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
Proverbs 11:4
“4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.”
Related Themes: Money Finances Materialism Riches
Luke 6:38
“38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”
Related Themes: Reaping Money Reaping What You Sow Finances Serving Others
Proverbs 28:27
“27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.”
Related Themes: Homelessness Money Benevolence Serving The Poor Giving
1 Timothy 6:9-10
“9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
Related Themes: Lust Money Greed Finances Materialism
1 Timothy 6:17-18
“17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;”
Related Themes: Money Pride Money Homelessness Hope
Proverbs 22:7
“7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.”
Proverbs 22:1
“1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.”
Related Themes: Reputation Money Business Finances Reputation
Proverbs 30:8-9
“8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.”
2 Corinthians 9:7
“7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
Matthew 6:33
“33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Proverbs 22:4
“4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.”
1 John 3:17
“17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?”
Related Themes: Homelessness Selfishness Money Serving The Poor
Proverbs 11:28
“28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.”
Related Themes: Money Finances Greed Materialism Gold
Proverbs 10:22
“22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.”
Related Themes: Money Finances Prosperity Business Abundance
Proverbs 14:31
“31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.”
Related Themes: Homelessness Serving The Poor Money Oppression Greed
Ecclesiastes 5:10
“10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”
Related Themes: Money Finances Greed Vanity Materialism
James 5:1-6
“1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.”
Ephesians 4:28
“28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.”
Mark 10:25
“25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”
Proverbs 13:22
“22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.”
Related Themes: Money Finances Children Inheritance Grandparents
Proverbs 10:15
“15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.”
Proverbs 28:6
“6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.”
Related Themes: Integrity Business Homelessness Poverty Honesty
Proverbs 28:20
“20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.”
Related Themes: Money Reaping Finances Faithfulness Greed
James 2:5-6
“5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?”
Related Themes: Homelessness Serving The Poor Money Favoritism Inheritance
Proverbs 13:11
“11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.”
Malachi 3:9-10
“9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”
