16 Bible Verses About Stewardship
The Divine Word unveils our sacred charge: stewardship. Scripture illuminates this profound responsibility, revealing that all entrusted to us—time, talent, treasure, creation itself—belongs ultimately to God. These verses are not mere rules but windows into the heart of the Creator, showing us how to live as faithful keepers of His abundance. To grasp this biblical wisdom transforms our earthly duties into acts of worship, guiding our hands and hearts toward fruitful service and eternal purpose. Embrace the light of these passages.
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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Seek Wisdom: Bible Verses on Stewardship
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s: it is holy unto the Lord.
Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.
But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
These sacred texts reveal a fundamental truth: all we possess—our time, talents, possessions, and the very breath we draw—is a gracious loan from the Divine Proprietor of all things. Stewardship, therefore, is far more than mere earthly management; it is a spiritual discipline, a constant act of faith that recognizes God's ultimate ownership and our temporary custodianship. To embrace these divine directives is to accept a profound responsibility: to cultivate wisely, to share generously, and to utilize every entrusted gift for His glory and the betterment of His creation. This faithful handling of the temporal is the true path to manifesting the eternal, transforming every act of diligent care into a prayerful affirmation of His sovereign goodness and a participation in His ongoing work in the world.