A selection of some of the main passages on different aspects of stewardship, arranged in Biblical order.
There are over 2,300 Bible verses dealing with stewardship, money and possessions. This is far more references than to faith, love or prayer, which each have about 500 verses.
Passage |
Theme |
| Genesis 1: 1, 26-31 | God’s creation |
| Genesis 2, 7-9, 15-25 | Stewardship of the environment |
| Genesis 28, 16-22 | Jacob’s pledge |
| Exodus 35, 20-29 and 36, 2-7 | Offerings for the Tabernacle |
| Leviticus 27, 30-33 | Tithes |
| Deuteronomy 8, 6-20 | God’s goodness |
| Deuteronomy 14, 22-27 | Tithes |
| Deuteronomy 15, 7-11; | Generosity |
| Deuteronomy 16, 10 & 16-17 | Generosity |
| Deuteronomy 18, 1-5 | Offerings for the priests |
| Deuteronomy 24, 10-22 | Be generous in your conduct |
| Deuteronomy 26, 1-10 | First fruits |
| 2 Samuel 24, 18-24 | Offerings that cost nothing |
| 1 Chronicles 29, 10-20 | All things come from you |
| 2 Chronicles 31, 2-10, 14-21 | Hezekiah organises the offerings |
| Nehemiah 10, 35-39 | First fruits and tithes |
| Proverbs 3, 1-18 | Wisdom’s benefits |
| Proverbs 11, 1-4, 18-19, 24-31 | Proverbs about wealth |
| Proverbs 30, 8,9 | God’s provision for us |
| Ecclesiastes 2, 1-11 | Pleasures are meaningless |
| Amos 5, 6-15 | The results of injustice |
| Haggai 1, 2-14 | Building God’s house |
| Malachi 3, 5-18 | Robbing God |
| Tobit 4, 5-11, 14-16 and 12, 6-10 | Almsgiving |
| Sirach 4, 1-6, 31 | Economic justice |
| Matthew 6, 1-4, 19-24 | Giving and real treasures |
| Matthew 10, 5-10 | Travel light |
| Matthew 14, 13-21 | Feeding the 5000 |
| Matthew 19, 24 | Camels and rich people |
| Matthew 22, 15-22 | Paying God and Caesar |
| Matthew 23, 23 | Don’t neglect your tithes |
| Matthew 25, 31-46 | Sheep and goats |
| Mark 10, 17-31 | The rich young man |
| Mark 12, 41-44 | The widow’s offering |
| Luke 3, 10-14 | The Baptiser’s advice |
| Luke 6, 37-38 | Give . . . and it will be given to you |
| Luke 7, 35-49 | The two debtors |
| Luke 10, 25-37 | The good Samaritan |
| Luke 12, 13-21 | The rich fool |
| Luke 12, 22-34 | Do not worry |
| Luke 12, 35-48 | Much is required |
| Luke 16, 1-13 | The shrewd steward |
| Luke 18, 9-14 | Pharisee and tax collector |
| Luke 19, 1-10 | Zacchaeus the tax collector |
| Luke 19, 11-26 | The ten talents |
| Luke 21, 1-4 | The widow’s offering |
| John 3:16 | God’s gift of love |
| Acts 2, 42-47; 4, 32-37; and 11, 27-30 | Sharing possessions |
| Acts 5, 1-11 | Greed . . . Ananias and Sapphira |
| Acts 20, 32-35 | Paul on helping others |
| Romans 11, 33 to 12, 8 | Transformed and renewed |
| 1 Corinthians 9, 3-18 | The Christian worker’s rights |
| 1 Corinthians 15, 58 to 16, 4 | The collection |
| 2 Corinthians 8, 1-15 | Paul on Macedonian generosity |
| 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 | Responding to God’s generosity |
| 2 Corinthians 11, 7-9 | The gospel is free |
| Philippians 4, 10-20 | Paul’s thanksgiving |
| 1 Timothy 5, 3-8, 17-18 | Caring for family & church elders |
| 1 Timothy 6, 6-10, 17-19 | The love of money |
| Hebrews 13, 5-6, 15-16 | Contentment and sharing |
| James 2, 1-10 | Attitudes to rich and poor |
| James 5, 1-6 | The perils of riches |
| 1 Peter 4, 7-11 | Living for God |
| Revelation 20, 11 – 21, 7 | Judgement and heaven |