Bible verses about "wealth" | Coverdale

¹⁸ But that thou thynke vpon the LORDE thy God. For it is HE, which geueth the power to exercyse strength, that he maye perfourme the couenaunt, which he sware vnto thy fathers, as it is come to passe this daye.

⁷ The rich ruleth the poore, and ye borower is seruaunt to ye lender.

¹ A good name is more worth then greate riches, and louynge fauor is better then syluer and golde.

¹⁸ Riches & honoure are wt me, yee excellent goodes & rightuousnes.

²² He that will be rich all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouerte shall come vpon him.

³¹ Therfore take no thought, sayinge: what shall we eate, or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed? ³² After all soch thynges do the heithen seke. For youre heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges. ³³ Seke ye fyrst the kyngdome of heauen and the righteousnes therof, so shal all these thynges be ministred vnto you.

¹¹ Yf ye then haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous Mammon, who wyll beleue you in that which is true?

²² Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.

⁴⁴ But all they that beleued, were together, and had all thinges commen. ⁴⁵ They solde their goodes and possessions, and parted them out amonge all, acordinge as euery ma had nede.

³² The multitude of them that beleued, were of one hert and of one soule. Also none of them sayde of his goodes, that they were his awne, but had all thinges comen. ³³ And with greate power gaue the Apostles witnesse of the resurreccion of the LORDE Iesu, and greate grace was with them all. ³⁴ Nether was there eny amonge them that lacked. For as many as were possessers of londes or houses, solde the and brought ye money of the goodes that were solde, ³⁵ and layed it at the Apostles fete. And distribucion was made vnto euery ma, acordinge as he had nede.

⁸ But yf there be eny man that prouydeth not for his awne, and specially for them of his houssholde, the same hath denyed the faith, and is worse then an infydele.

¹⁹ My God fulfyll all yor nede, acordinge to his riches in glory i Christ Iesu.

³³ Sell that ye haue, and geue almesse. Make you bagges, which waxe not olde: euen a treasure that neuer fayleth in heauen, where no thefe commeth, and no moth corruppeth: ³⁴ for where youre treasure is, there wil youre hert be also.

¹⁷ Charge the which are riche in this worlde, that they be not proude, ner trust in the vncertayne riches, but in the lyuynge God (which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to enioye them:) ¹⁸ That they do good: that they be rich in good workes: that they geue and distribute with a good wyll: ¹⁹ gatherynge vp treasure for them selues, a good foundacion, agaynst ye tyme to come, that they maye laye honde on eternall life.

²⁴ No ma can serue two masters. For ether he shall hate the one and loue the other: or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other: Ye can not serue God and mammon.

¹⁹ Se that ye gather you not treasure vpon the earth, where rust and mothes corrupte, and where theues breake through and steale. ²⁰ But gather you treasure together in heauen, where nether rust nor mothes corrupte, and where theues nether breake vp nor yet steale. ²¹ For where youre treasure is, there is youre herte also.

¹⁰ For Couetousnes is the rote of all euell, which whyle some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and tangled them selues with many sorowes.

⁵ Let youre conuersacion be without couetousnes, and be content with that ye haue allready, for he hath sayde: I wyl not fayle the nether forsake the,