Bible Verses about 'Possessions'

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• Wisdom is supreme.
  Get wisdom.
  Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
  Proverbs 4:7 wisdom understanding
• He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
  Luke 12:15 money greed materialism
• Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
  Matthew 19:21 blameless giving materialism
• Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
  Ecclesiastes 5:19 money food work
• The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
  Acts 4:32 materialism community
• If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.
  1 Corinthians 13:3 love suffering giving
• But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?
  1 John 3:17 money neighbor compassion
• Honor Yahweh with your substance,
  with the first fruits of all your increase.
  Proverbs 3:9 money sacrifice giving
• For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.
  1 John 2:16 desires addiction pride