{"id":617,"date":"2023-08-15T15:10:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T15:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/2026\/01\/28\/bible-verses-about-money\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T06:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T06:09:11","slug":"bible-verses-about-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/bible-verses-about-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verses About Money: Learning To Trust God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Money is a big deal to God.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are <strong>more than 2,000 Bible verses about money.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5 Things We\u2019re Told About Money<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Do Not Love Money<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Don\u2019t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will never fail you.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I will never abandon you.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Hebrews+13%3A5&amp;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hebrews 13:5<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Choose God Over Money<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+6%3A24%2C&amp;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matthew 6:24<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n<li><strong> Be Generous With Money<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+Corinthians+9%3A6-7&amp;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2 Corinthians 9:6-7<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>Trust God, Not Money<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+6%3A30&amp;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matthew 6:30<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\">\n<li><strong>Plan and Save<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ecclesiastes+11%3A2&amp;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ecclesiastes 11:2<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use It &#8211; Don\u2019t Let It Use You<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The overall key is not to make an idol out of money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tell me if you have ever believed one of these two beliefs:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Because the love of money is the root of evil, the more money you have, the less righteous you are.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>OR&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>God wants Christians to be prosperous, so if you aren\u2019t, you don\u2019t have enough faith.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Neither of those are true.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what is true:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>God is sovereign. He gives some people more. And some people less.<\/strong> If you feel like you\u2019re in the less camp, consider the whole world and all the Christians. If you\u2019re in America, you\u2019re in the more category. I don\u2019t know why. That\u2019s His to worry about, not for me. I can only concern myself with what God has given me, and <strong>using it in the <a href=\"https:\/\/star991.com\/generosity-of-spirit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">best way possible to grow the Kingdom<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/star991.com\/djs\/terese-main\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terese Main<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday Afternoon Host, STAR 99.1<\/p>\n<br>More Posts for Show: <a href=\"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/bible-verses-about-money\/#show-posts\"><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Money is a big deal to God.\u00a0There are more than 2,000 Bible verses about money.\u00a0God is sovereign and he tells us 5 main things about money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[41,78],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","tag-faith","tag-money"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-21 01:00:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}