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Bible verses for financial difficulty
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A clear statement first: nothing on this page is financial advice, and no passage here promises money. Passages sometimes quoted to suggest that giving generates financial return have been deliberately left out.
If you are in financial difficulty, free and regulated debt advice exists in most countries and is worth using — in the UK, for example, through Citizens Advice or the National Debtline.
The passages below are about need, provision, contentment and the way communities are expected to look after people who are struggling.
8 passages
Each shows its reference and translation, and links to the chapter it comes from.
31“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ 32For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
6But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out. 8But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.
7who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners. 8The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous. 9The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible British Edition, which is in the public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.