We look to scripture for reflection as we look to making stewardship a way of life. These are just a few references that can be tied into many stewardship themes:
| New Testament | |
| Matthew 5:1-12 | Blessed are the poor .... (the Beatitudes) |
| Matthew 6:19-20 | Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal. Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moth and rust cannot destroy and robbers cannot break in and steal. |
| Matthew 10:42 | You can be sure that whoever gives even a drink of cold water to one of the least of my followers, will certainly receive a reward |
| Matthew 16:27 | He will repay each man according to his deeds |
| Matthew 22:37 | You shall love the Lord your God....... You shall love you neighbour as yourself |
| Matthew 25:40 | I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of my brothers, you did it for me. |
| Mark 10:21 | Sell all you have and give the money to the poor and you will have riches in heaven |
| Mark 12: 44 | For the others put in what they had to spare of their riches: but she, poor as she is, put in all she had |
| Luke 3:11 | Whoever has two shirts must give one to the man who had none, and whoever has food must share it. |
| Luke 6:38 | Give to others, and God will give to you...........The measure you use for others is the one that God will use for you. |
| Luke 12:34 | For your heart will always be where your riches are. |
| Luke 12:48 | Much is required of the person to whom much is given: much more is required from the person to whom much more is given |
| Luke 14:33 | None of you can be my disciple unless he gives up everything he has. |
| Luke 16:13 | You cannot serve both God and money |
| Luke 18:25 | It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle |
| John 9:4 | As long as it is day, we must keep on doing the work of Him who sent me. |
| John 12: 26 | My Father will honor anyone who serves me. |
| John 15:12 | Love one another, just as I have loved you |
| John 21:15-16 | Jesus said "Take care of my lambs......take care of my sheep. |
| Acts 2:44 | Those who believed shared all things in common |
| Acts 20:35 | There is more happiness in giving than in receiving |
| 2 Corinthians 8:2 | They have been severely tested by the troubles they went through; but their joy was so great that they were extremely generous in their giving, even though they are very poor. |
| 2 Corinthians 9:7 | Everyone must give according to what he has inwardly decided; not sadly, not grudgingly, for God loves a cheerful giver |
| 2 Corinthians 9:8 | God is able to give you more than you need, so that you will always have all you need for yourselves and more than enough for every good cause |
| 1 Timothy 6:18 | Command them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share with others |
| Hebrews 13:16 | Do not forget to do good and to help one another, because these are the sacrifices that please God. |
| James 2:15 | Suppose [there is] a brother or sister who need clothes and don’t have enough to eat.........what good is there .......if you don’t give them the necessities of life? |
| Old Testament | |
| Deuteronomy 15:11 | Always be open-handed with your brother, and with anyone in your country who is in need and poor. |
| Deuteronomy 16:10, 17 | No one shall appear before the Lord empty-handed, but each of you ... with as much as he can give, in proportion to the blessings which the Lord God has bestowed on you |
| Proverbs 3:9-10 | Honour the Lord with your wealth, with first fruits of all you produce; then will your barns be filled with grain, with new wine your vats will overflow |
| Proverbs 11:25 | He who confers benefits will be amply enriched, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed |
| Sirach 35:9 | Give to the Most High as He has given to you, generously, according to your means. |