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Top 5 Biblical Principles, Verses, and Quotes on Money and Prosperity

In an age of many false teachings on money and prosperity, we must be rooted in God's truths in order to recognize the deception.  Here are my selections for the top 5 biblical principles, verses, & quotes on money and prosperity!

TOP 5 BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES AND VERSES ON MONEY & PROSPERITY


1. Be Content With What You Have – 1 Timothy 6:6-8 "But godliness with contentment is great gain, 7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. 8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content."
2. The Love of Money = Roots Of All Kinds of Evil – 1 Timothy 6:9-10 "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. 10 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."
3. Loving & Trusting In Wealth = Impossible to Enter Into God’s Kingdom – Mark 10:17-31 "And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, 'How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!'"
4. Store Up Treasures in Heaven – Matthew 6:19-21 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
5. Riches Never Satisfy – Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 "He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?"
(two close runners up...Don’t Associate with Greedy People who Claim to be Christians (1 Corinthians 5:11) & An Entitlement Attitude is a Deadly Attitude - Achan (Joshua 7:10-26))
Here's a helpful listing of 50 Principles & Passages on Money & Giving

TOP 5 QUOTES ON MONEY & PROSPERITY

  1. "The most obvious lesson in Christ's teaching is that there is no happiness in having or getting anything, but only in giving." Henry Drummond
  2. "Nothing I am sure has such a tendency to quench the fire of religion as the possession of money." J.C. Ryle
  3. “God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.” Randy Alcorn
  4. "It is prosperity that we cannot endure." Martin Luther
  5. "Few are made better by prosperity, whom afflictions make worse." William Gurnall

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