Bible Verses About Betting
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for betting, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 609 votes, led by Proverbs 13:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Betting
Proverbs 13:1192 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Hebrews 13:571 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
1 Timothy 6:1054 votes
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:950 votes
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Ecclesiastes 5:1036 votes
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Titus 1:232 votes
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Ephesians 4:2824 votes
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
1 Peter 4:1022 votes
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Acts 20:3520 votes
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
2 Peter 3:819 votes
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Mark 7:2017 votes
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Proverbs 16:3316 votes
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
Acts 20:33-3515 votes
I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
Judges 14:12-1914 votes
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
Matthew 7:1214 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Ephesians 5:514 votes
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Proverbs 28:2212 votes
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Luke 12:1512 votes
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
1 Timothy 6:9-1012 votes
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Psalms 37:411 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Romans 13:1-711 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
1 Corinthians 6:1211 votes
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Exodus 20:1710 votes
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Matthew 6:2410 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Luke 16:1310 votes
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
What does the Bible say about betting?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 13:11 on the subject of betting. Across 609 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:5, 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 Timothy 6:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.