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Hebrews 13:5 (ESV)
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
Proverbs 19:17 (ESV)
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
Matthew 25:37-40 (ESV)
Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
Proverbs 21:13 (ESV)
Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
Matthew 23:23 (ESV)
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
Proverbs 28:27 (ESV)
Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
1 John 2:15 (ESV)
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Isaiah 1:17 (ESV)
learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.
Matthew 6:24 (ESV)
No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Proverbs 22:9 (ESV)
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
Philippians 4:11-12 (ESV)
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.
Proverbs 14:31 (ESV)
Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
Luke 12:15 (ESV)
And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
Deuteronomy 10:18-19 (ESV)
He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Ephesians 5:1-2 (ESV)
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 (ESV)
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
John 3:16 (ESV)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Proverbs 18:15 (ESV)
An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Ephesians 5:25 (ESV)
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
Proverbs 15:14 (ESV)
The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
1 John 3:16-17 (ESV)
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
Proverbs 1:22 (ESV)
How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
Mark 10:45 (ESV)
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Psalm 92:6 (ESV)
The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this
Matthew 22:37-39 (ESV)
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Proverbs 19:2 (ESV)
Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
Matthew 13:22 (ESV)
As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
Proverbs 13:16 (ESV)
In everything the prudent acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
2 Corinthians 8:1-5 (ESV)
We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.
Proverbs 23:12 (ESV)
Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
2 Corinthians 9:6 (ESV)
The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Proverbs 14:15 (ESV)
The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.
2 Corinthians 9:7 (ESV)
Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Proverbs 19:2 (ESV)
Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
James 1:27 (ESV)
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Proverbs 15:22 (ESV)
Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.
James 2:1-4 (ESV)
My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place," while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet," have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
Proverbs 11:14 (ESV)
Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
James 2:15-16 (ESV)
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?
Proverbs 24:6 (ESV)
for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
James 4:17 (ESV)
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Proverbs 15:7 (ESV)
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.
James 4:13-16 (ESV)
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that." As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
Proverbs 10:13 (ESV)
On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.
James 5:1-3 (ESV)
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.
Proverbs 10:21 (ESV)
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
1 Peter 3:8-9 (ESV)
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
Proverbs 15:2 (ESV)
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
1 Peter 4:8 (ESV)
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Proverbs 20:15 (ESV)
There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Matthew 6:25 (ESV)
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Proverbs 20:15 (ESV)
There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Matthew 6:31-34 (ESV)
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Proverbs 30:8-9 (ESV)
Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Psalm 118:1 (ESV)
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
Ephesians 5:1-3 (ESV)
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
Psalm 118:8-9 (ESV)
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
1 Corinthians 13:3 (ESV)
If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Psalm 118:29 (ESV)
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
1 Timothy 5:8 (ESV)
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Psalm 1:1-3 (ESV)
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of waterthat yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
1 Timothy 6:7-10 (ESV)
for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
Psalm 23:1 (ESV)
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
1 Timothy 6:17-19 (ESV)
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
Psalm 150:6 (ESV)
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Romans 12:21 (ESV)
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Psalm 30:4 (ESV)
Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.
Romans 13:8-9 (ESV)
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Psalm 57:9 (ESV)
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.