Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
Proverbs 3:9
“Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:”
— Proverbs 3:9
Jesus talked about money more than about heaven and hell combined, and the verses below show why: money is where trust becomes visible. Matthew 6:24 names the competition outright — "Ye cannot serve God and mammon" — and Proverbs 22:7 states the power economics of debt in one line: "the borrower is servant to the lender." The Old Testament adds the tithe's test (Malachi 3:10, the one place God invites a audit) and Proverbs supplies the work ethic; the New Testament supplies the guardrails — 1 Timothy 6:10's misquoted and misused warning (it is the love of money, not money, that is the root), Luke 12:15's caution against a life defined by possessions. Fifteen verses, full KJV text, for budgets, tithes, debts and the anxiety that keeps the midnight finance tabs open.
Quick answer: Matthew 6:24 is the central verse: "No man can serve two masters... Ye cannot serve God and mammon." The most misquoted is 1 Timothy 6:10 — "For the love of money is the root of all evil" — which is about affection, not currency. Proverbs 22:7 is the most practical: "The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender."
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
Proverbs 3:9
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
Proverbs 11:28
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
Proverbs 13:11
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
Proverbs 19:17
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
Proverbs 23:4
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Proverbs 23:5
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
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.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.
Malachi 3:10
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Matthew 6:19
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;
Matthew 6:20
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21
No man 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.
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
Matthew 6:24
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
Luke 12:15
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.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:10
These verses are read in budgeting seasons (Proverbs 21:5, 22:7), before giving decisions (2 Corinthians 9:7, Malachi 3:10 — both on the giving and generosity pages), in debt-recovery years (Proverbs 6:1-5 sits on the debt page), and in the quiet comparison-shopping of a heart (Matthew 6:19-21, Luke 12:15). A note on the tithe verse: Malachi 3:10 is addressed to a nation withholding temple offerings, and churches apply it differently — this page reports what it says, not which financial plan it endorses. The giving and generosity lists carry the verses about handing money outward; this page carries the verses about the heart's relation to it.
Copy the verse that names your current file — Proverbs 22:7 for a debt conversation, Matthew 6:21 for a heart audit ("For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also"), 1 Timothy 6:6 for the contentment ledger ("godliness with contentment is great gain"). Each card toggles between the King James Version and the World English Bible; "mammon" becomes simply "money" or "wealth" in the WEB, which is worth seeing — the archaic word hides how ordinary the idol is. If you are reading for a study or a small group, the verses pair naturally into three sessions: earning (Proverbs), owing (22:7), and releasing (Matthew 6).
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