What does the Bible say about money?
More than almost any other subject — and rarely in the direction people expect.
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.1 Timothy 6:10
The love of money, not money. The misquotation is the most common in English.
No one can serve two masters: 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 both God and money.Matthew 6:24
Two masters, put as a matter of practical impossibility rather than disapproval.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.Proverbs 22:7
The borrower is servant to the lender — an observation about how debt works.
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”Luke 12:15
A life does not consist of possessions, said to a man asking about an inheritance.
For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.Deuteronomy 15:11
There will always be poor people, and the conclusion drawn is openhandedness, not resignation.
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.2 Corinthians 9:7
Not reluctantly or under compulsion — the manner is treated as part of the gift.
Every passage here is quoted from the Berean Standard Bible and checked against it. The other topics.