(17) Money and man.

So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’ All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom (of God) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil. (Matt 6:31-34)

If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people, you shall not act like an extortioner toward him by demanding interest from him. (Ex 22:24)

Become not a glutton and a winebibber with nothing in your purse(Sir18:33)

He who builds his house with another’s money is collecting stones for his funeral mound. (Sir 21:8)

A man’s riches serve as ransom for his life, but the poor man heeds no rebuke. (Prov 13:8)

Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents. Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them, «Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood. (Mark 12:41-44)

Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, «Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.» (John 2:13-16)

When Simon saw that the Spirit was conferred by the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money and said, «Give me this power too, so that anyone upon whom I lay my hands may receive the holy Spirit.» But Peter said to him, «May your money perish with you, because you thought that you could buy the gift of God with money. You have no share or lot in this matter, for your heart is not upright before God. (Acts 8:18-21)