Inspirational Quotations
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God's Ownership

There are many inspirational quotations and famous sayings about money. However, the Bible has much to say about God being the true owner of all that is; we are merely stewards of what he has entrusted to us.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (NIV)

Deuteronomy 8:17-18
You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today. (NIV)

Deuteronomy 10:14
To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it. (NIV)

1 Chronicles 29:11-12
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. (NIV)

Psalm 24:1
The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; (NIV)

Psalm 50:11-12
for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine. (NIV)

Isaiah 45:7
I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things. (NIV)

Haggai 2:8
`The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD Almighty. (NIV)

Colossians 1:16
For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. (NIV)