Bible Verses About Wealth Distribution
This collection includes 50 passages about Wealth Distribution. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
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Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
Scripture Passages
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
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;
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
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