27 Whenever you possibly can, do good to those who need it. 28 Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now.

24 Some people spend their money freely and still grow richer. Others are cautious, and yet grow poorer.

25 Be generous, and you will be prosperous. Help others, and you will be helped.

31 If you oppress poor people, you insult the God who made them; but kindness shown to the poor is an act of worship.

16 Better to be poor and fear the Lord than to be rich and in trouble.

2 The rich and the poor have this in common: the Lord made them both.

26 Don't promise to be responsible for someone else's debts. 27 If you should be unable to pay, they will take away even your bed.

19 “Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal. 20 Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal. 21 For your heart will always be where your riches are.

6 Well, religion does make us very rich, if we are satisfied with what we have.