Bible Verses About Capitalism
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for capitalism, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,236 votes, led by Matthew 6:24. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Capitalism
Matthew 6:24232 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.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12189 votes
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Proverbs 31:16-18183 votes
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20168 votes
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Matthew 19:23150 votes
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:24150 votes
And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Amos 8:4-7120 votes
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
2 Thessalonians 3:10111 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Proverbs 31:9106 votes
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Zechariah 11:1266 votes
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
Proverbs 13:460 votes
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Leviticus 23:2256 votes
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.
Matthew 25:1552 votes
And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
1 Corinthians 9:752 votes
Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
1 Timothy 6:1052 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.
Proverbs 14:2348 votes
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Matthew 20:1-3446 votes
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
1 Corinthians 3:844 votes
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
Proverbs 28:842 votes
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Exodus 16:16-1836 votes
This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
Psalms 128:236 votes
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Philippians 2:1-3036 votes
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Galatians 1:1034 votes
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Proverbs 3:9-1022 votes
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Colossians 3:23-2422 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
What does the Bible say about capitalism?
Readers most often cite Matthew 6:24 on the subject of capitalism. Across 3,236 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12, Proverbs 31:16-18, Ecclesiastes 5:18-20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.