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But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.
Deuteronomy Chapter 8: Verse 18
Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
Psalms Chapter 62: Verse 10
Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 36
Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5: Verse 10
By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
Ezekiel Chapter 28: Verse 5
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Matthew Chapter 6: Verse 19
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew Chapter 6: Verse 21
"But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
Luke Chapter 6: Verse 24
Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop.
He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'
"Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." '
"But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
"This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."Do Not Worry
Luke Chapter 12: Verses 15 - 21
Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
1 Timothy Chapter 3: Verses 2 - 3
People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.Paul's Charge to Timothy
1 Timothy Chapter 6: Verses 9 - 10
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