Bible Verses About Obtaining Wealth
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for obtaining wealth, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,292 votes, led by Deuteronomy 8:18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Obtaining Wealth
Deuteronomy 8:18326 votes
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Proverbs 10:4235 votes
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 13:11208 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 22:4195 votes
By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
Proverbs 10:22190 votes
The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Ecclesiastes 5:10187 votes
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
1 Timothy 6:9-10170 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.
Proverbs 28:20167 votes
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Proverbs 23:4-5133 votes
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Luke 16:13131 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.
Proverbs 21:5128 votes
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Proverbs 22:7124 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Mark 8:36118 votes
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Proverbs 11:4115 votes
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Luke 6:38115 votes
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Matthew 6:24113 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.
Proverbs 11:28112 votes
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Proverbs 30:8-9101 votes
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Proverbs 22:199 votes
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 28:2798 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
1 Timothy 6:17-1989 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;
Luke 12:1586 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.
Matthew 6:19-2182 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
1 Timothy 6:1082 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 6:17-1881 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;
What does the Bible say about obtaining wealth?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 8:18 on the subject of obtaining wealth. Across 6,292 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 13:11, Proverbs 22:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.