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Key Bible Verses — Important Scriptures to Read and Understand
Important passages from Genesis to Revelation, each shown in full in your chosen Bible version, with where it comes from and what it means in its setting.
For Financial Difficulty
7“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose confidence is in the LORD. 8For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit. Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD
The person who trusts in the LORD is like a tree by water that does not fear heat or drought. It contrasts with the one who trusts in human strength…
17For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls, 18yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! Though the fig tree does not blossom
Habakkuk ends his book resolving to rejoice in God even if crops and flocks fail, after hearing that judgement is coming.
19“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; 20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal; 21for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Treasures in heaven
Jesus warns against storing up treasure on earth, where it decays or is stolen, and calls for treasure in heaven, "for where your treasure is, there your heart will be…
33But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient. Seek first the kingdom of God
The conclusion of Jesus' teaching on worry (6:25-34). The Father knows his children need food and clothing; they are to seek his kingdom and righteousness first, and not be anxious…
He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.” Life does not consist in possessions
Asked to settle an inheritance dispute, Jesus warns against every kind of greed and tells the parable of the rich fool (12:16-21).
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me
Paul writes from prison about contentment: he has learned to live with little or with plenty, hungry or well fed (4:11-12). Christ gives him strength to be content in every…
My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. My God will supply every need
Paul writes this to a church that had given generously to support him (4:14-18).
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. The love of money
Paul warns that the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and that some have wandered from the faith through it.
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.” I will never leave you
The writer urges contentment and freedom from the love of money, quoting God's promise, "I will never leave you, nor forsake you" (Deuteronomy 31:6).