Bible Verses About Buying and Selling
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for buying and selling, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,653 votes, led by 1 Timothy 6:10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Buying and Selling
1 Timothy 6:10312 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.
Revelation 1:1144 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Revelation 13:17141 votes
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Revelation 15:2113 votes
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Proverbs 31:16110 votes
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Nehemiah 10:31109 votes
And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
Proverbs 23:23109 votes
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Amos 8:5108 votes
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 falsifying the balances by deceit?
Proverbs 11:1106 votes
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
Philippians 4:8106 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Revelation 3:18104 votes
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Isaiah 55:1102 votes
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Acts 4:34102 votes
Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
Hebrews 13:5102 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.
2 Samuel 24:24101 votes
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Matthew 5:16101 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Ruth 4:3100 votes
And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
Mark 11:15-17100 votes
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
Revelation 13:16-17100 votes
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Revelation 18:11-13100 votes
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
Proverbs 20:1098 votes
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
Colossians 3:2398 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Revelation 6:698 votes
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Proverbs 20:1497 votes
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Luke 19:45-4697 votes
And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
What does the Bible say about buying and selling?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 6:10 on the subject of buying and selling. Across 9,653 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Revelation 1:1, Revelation 13:17, Revelation 15:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.