Bible Verses about 'Possess'

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• Whoever possesses the Son
  possesses life;
  whoever does not possess the Son of God
  does not possess life.
  1 John 5:12salvationJesuslife
• It is better to have a little and fear the Lord
  than to possess immense wealth and suffer anguish.
  Proverbs 15:16moneyawematerialism
• Continue in all of the ways that the Lord, your God, has commanded you. Continue in them so that you may live and prosper and that you may long dwell on the land of your inheritance.
  Deuteronomy 5:33obediencerewardfollowing
• If you obey the command that I give you today, to love the Lord, your God, and to walk in his ways, and to observe his commandments, statutes, and decrees, then you will live and multiply, and the Lord, your God, will bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
  Deuteronomy 30:16lawblessinglife
• As sorrowful, and yet we are always rejoicing; as poor, and yet we make many rich; as having nothing, and yet we possess everything.
  2 Corinthians 6:10sadnessjoymoney
• Preferable is the little that the righteous possess
  than the great wealth of the wicked.
  For the power of the wicked will be overcome,
  but the Lord protects the righteous.
  Psalm 37:16-17sinmoneyrighteousness
• For they said to you, “In the final age there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly passions.” It is these people who create divisions, who follow their natural instincts and do not possess the Spirit.
  Jude 1:18-19end timesdesireschurch
• Jesus replied, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
  Matthew 19:21blamelessgivingmaterialism
• It is the will of God that you should lead a life of sanctity. You must refrain from sexual immorality. Each of you must learn to acquire a wife from pure and honorable motives, not to gratify passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.
  1 Thessalonians 4:3-5holinesssexualitybody
• If anyone is rich in worldly possessions
  and sees a brother in need
  but refuses to open his heart,
  how can the love of God abide in him?
  1 John 3:17moneyneighborcompassion
• The entire community of believers was united in heart and soul. No one claimed any of his possessions as his own, for everything was held in common.
  Acts 4:32materialismcommunity
• After this, he said to the crowd, “Take care to be on your guard against all kinds of greed. Life does not depend upon an abundance of one’s possessions.”
  Luke 12:15moneygreedmaterialism
• Now, if you will obey my voice and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession from among all the peoples, for the entire earth is mine.
  Exodus 19:5obediencecovenantvaluable
• Moreover, the one to whom God grants wealth and possessions and the ability to enjoy them and to find contentment in his toil receives a gift from God.
  Ecclesiastes 5:18moneyfoodwork
• If I give away everything to feed the poor
  and hand over my body to be burned,
  but do not have love,
  I achieve nothing.
  1 Corinthians 13:3lovesufferinggiving
• Thereupon the Lord restored the prosperity of Job after he had prayed for his friends, and he enriched him with twice as much as he had possessed before.
  Job 42:10prayerblessingmoney
• They shall be mine,
  says the Lord of hosts,
  my own special possession
  on the day when I act,
  and I will have compassion on them
  as a father has compassion
  on the son who serves him.
  Malachi 3:17servingrewardsalvation
• But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people claimed by God as his own possession,” so that you may proclaim the praise of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
  1 Peter 2:9evangelismsalvationholiness
• It was not their own swords that won them the land,
  nor did their own arms make them victorious;
  rather, it was your right hand and your arm
  and the light of your face,
  because you loved them.
  Psalm 44:4lovestrengthdependence
• On one Sabbath as Jesus was teaching in the synagogue, a woman was present, possessed by a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and completely unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.” Then he laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.
  
  But the leader of the synagogue was indignant because Jesus had effected a cure on the Sabbath, and he said to the assembled people, “There are six days when work is permitted. Come on those days and be cured, and not on the Sabbath.” The Lord said to him in reply, “You hypocrites! Is there a single one of you who does not untie his ox or his donkey and lead it from its stall to give it water on the Sabbath? Should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has held bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath?” At these words, all his adversaries were put to shame, and the people rejoiced at all the wonderful things he was doing.
  Luke 13:10-17miracleshealingsabbath