Bible Verses About Budgeting
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for budgeting, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,400 votes, led by Proverbs 3:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Budgeting
Proverbs 3:9130 votes
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Luke 14:28-30126 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Proverbs 22:7120 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 15:2295 votes
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Proverbs 27:2380 votes
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Matthew 6:3379 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Proverbs 6:6-875 votes
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 21:2075 votes
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
2 Corinthians 9:669 votes
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Proverbs 21:562 votes
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
1 Corinthians 4:261 votes
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Matthew 6:19-2158 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
1 Timothy 6:17-1958 votes
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Haggai 2:851 votes
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
Proverbs 23:4-550 votes
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
1 Timothy 6:1049 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 John 2:15-1749 votes
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Proverbs 27:23-2747 votes
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
1 Corinthians 16:244 votes
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Proverbs 27:1243 votes
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 13:1137 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 24:3-435 votes
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Luke 14:2835 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Psalms 24:132 votes
The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Proverbs 22:331 votes
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
What does the Bible say about budgeting?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 3:9 on the subject of budgeting. Across 2,400 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 14:28-30, Proverbs 22:7, Proverbs 15:22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.