Bible verses about "investing" | LITV

¹⁰ and your barns shall be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst with new wine.

⁸ He who multiplies his wealth by interest and usury, he shall gather it for him who pities the weak.

¹¹ But as they were hearing these things, He spoke, adding a parable, because He was near to Jerusalem, and they thought that the kingdom of God was immediately to be revealed. ¹² Then He said: A certain wellborn man went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and to return. ¹³ And calling ten of his slaves, He gave to them ten minas and said to them, Trade until I come. ¹⁴ But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, We do not desire this one to reign over us. ¹⁵ And it happened as he returned, having received the kingdom, he even said for those slaves to be called to him, those to whom he gave the silver, that he might know what each had gained by trading. ¹⁶ And the first came, saying, Lord, your mina has gained ten minas. ¹⁷ And he said to him, Well done, good slave! Because you were faithful in a least thing, have authority over ten cities. ¹⁸ And the second came, saying, Lord, your mina has made five minas. ¹⁹ And he said to this one also, And you be over five cities. ²⁰ And another came, saying, Lord, behold your mina which I had kept in a handkerchief. ²¹ For I feared you, because you are an exacting man, taking what you did not lay down, and reaping what you did not sow. ²² But he said to him, I will judge you out of your own mouth, wicked slave. You knew that I am an exacting man, taking what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow. ²³ And why did you not give my silver on the bank table? And coming, I might have exacted it with interest. ²⁴ And to those standing by, he said, Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas. ²⁵ And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas. ²⁶ For I say to you, To everyone who has, it will be given. And from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

¹⁰ Bring all the tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. And test Me now with this, says Jehovah of hosts, whether I will not open the windows of the heavens for you and pour out a blessing until there is no sufficiency.

¹¹ Wealth from vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

⁶ And this: the one sowing sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one sowing on hope of blessings will also reap on blessings.

¹⁷ Charge the rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to set hope on the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things for enjoyment; ¹⁸ to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to share, generous, ¹⁹ treasuring up for themselves a good foundation for the coming age, that they may lay hold on everlasting life.

³³ Sell your possessions and give alms. Make for yourselves purses that do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in Heaven, where a thief cannot come near, nor moth can corrupt. ³⁴ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

¹⁹ Do not treasure up for you treasures on the earth, where moth and rust cause to vanish, and where thieves dig through and steal. ²⁰ But treasure up for you treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust cause to vanish, and where thieves do not dig through and steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

²⁴ She makes fine linen garments, and sells, and she delivers belts to the merchant.

¹⁸ She tastes whether her gain is good; her lamp does not go out by night.

¹⁶ She has examined a field, and takes it, she plants a vineyard from the fruit of her hands.