Some Verses That Might Be Useful
Prov. 28:22
A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.
Prov. 11:26
He who witholds grain, the people will curse him, But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
1 John 3:17
Whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
Matt 6:19-21
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matt 6:24-33
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to
one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body,
as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are
you not worth much more than they?
And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,
yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will
He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
Do not worry then, saying, `What will we eat?' or `What will we drink?' or `What will we wear for clothing?'
For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Acts 2:44,45
And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common;
and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.
Matt 26:6-11
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,
a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table.
But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, "Why this waste?
"For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor."
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me.
"For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me.
Deut 15:11
For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, `You shall freely
open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.'
1 Tim. 6:17-19
Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of
riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,
storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of
that which is life indeed.