Simple Economics

The Bible speaks of gold, treasure and riches. It speaks of profit, gain and wealth. Consider the following passages as you think about our so-called ‘economic crisis’:

How blessed is the man who finds wisdom
And the man who gains understanding.
For her profit is better than the profit of silver
And her gain better than fine gold. – Proverbs 3:13-14

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. – Proverbs 11:4

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what
will a man give in exchange for his soul? - Matthew 16:26

The judgments of the LORD are true; they are righteous altogether. They are more
desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; - Psalm 19:9b-10a

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. - Matthew 6:19-21

Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
Cease from your consideration of it.
When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. – Proverbs 23:3-4

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; - Hebrews 13:5

And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:19

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit. Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. – James 4:13-14

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. – 1 Timothy 6:10

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. - 2 Corinthians 8:9

For he sees that even wise men die;
The stupid and the senseless alike perish
And leave their wealth to others. – Psalm 49:6

Praise the LORD!
How blessed is the man who fears the LORD,
Who greatly delights in His commandments.
His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
Wealth and riches are in his house,
And his righteousness endures forever. – Psalm 112:1-3

The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. – Matthew 13:44

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity. – Ecclesiastes 5:10

There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing;
Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth. – Proverbs 13:7

A good name is to be more desired than great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.
The rich and the poor have a common bond,
The LORD is the maker of them all. – Proverbs 22:1-2