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15 Bible Verses About Saving and Investing Money

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Summary

  • Joseph’s plan in Genesis 41:34-36 set aside a fifth of Egypt’s harvest during seven years of abundance to feed the country through seven years of famine.
  • The NIV translates Ecclesiastes 11:2 “Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight”; the KJV and ESV read “Give a portion to seven,” wording that points to giving, and in all three the verse ends on not knowing what disaster may come.
  • In the parable of Matthew 25, the master tells the servant who buried his money that a deposit with the bankers would have earned interest.
  • Proverbs 22:7 sets the borrower beside the poor: “the borrower is slave to the lender.”
  • Matthew 6:19-21 sets treasure on earth against treasure in heaven, Luke 12:20-21 faults the man who stores up for himself but is not “rich toward God,” and 1 Timothy 6:17-19 tells the rich to be generous and to hope in God, not in wealth.

The Bible commends saving and careful investing, and it warns against trusting in what has been saved. Proverbs praises the ant that stores food in summer (Proverbs 6:6-8), and Joseph stores a fifth of Egypt’s harvest ahead of a famine (Genesis 41:34-36). In the NIV, Ecclesiastes 11:2 advises spreading what you have across “seven ventures, yes, in eight.” The warnings fall on treasure kept on earth, where moths and thieves reach it (Matthew 6:19-21), on the rich man who plans…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 in the King James Version and the English Standard Version, compared with the NIV. biblegateway.com

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    Кирилл Хандожко

    Спасибо за статью! Очень емко самые главные истины об управлении деньгами!

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