Bible verses about "capitalism" | ERV

⁴ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

¹² And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty [pieces] of silver.

⁴⁴ And all that believed were together, and had all things common; ⁴⁵ and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according as any man had need.

⁹ Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister judgment to the poor and needy.

⁴ Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, ⁵ saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit; ⁶ that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat. ⁷ The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

²⁴ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

¹⁰ For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.