Bible Verses About Saving

“A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.”

“Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.”

“Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?”

“Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.”

“On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.”

“Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance. Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities. This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

“So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?”

“Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.”

“Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.”

“Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.”

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?”

“For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions. To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent — each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey. The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more. Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more. But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money. After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’ His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’ The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’ His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’ Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’ ‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed. Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest. Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents. For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.”

“The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.”

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

“In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”

“A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.”

“A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.”

“And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”

“Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”