Material wealth

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• Matthew 6:19–21

  Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

• Hebrews 13:5

  Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

• Matthew 6:24

  No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

• Luke 12:15

  And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

• 1 Timothy 6:7–10

  For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. …

• Proverbs 11:28

  He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

• Matthew 6:33

  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

• 1 Timothy 6:10

  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

• Proverbs 13:22

  A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

• Proverbs 10:22

  The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

• Acts 20:35

  I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

• Deuteronomy 8:18

  But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

• Luke 12:33

  Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

• Mark 10:25

  It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

• 1 John 2:16

  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

• Proverbs 11:24–25

  There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

• Malachi 3:10

  Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

• Luke 6:20

  And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

• 1 Timothy 6:17

  Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

• Matthew 6:25–32

  Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? …

• Ecclesiastes 5:10

  He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

• Matthew 16:26

  For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

• Psalms 62:10

  Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

• 1 Timothy 6:17–19

  Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

• Philippians 4:19

  But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

• James 1:17

  Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

• Luke 16:13

  No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

• Proverbs 22:1

  A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

• Mark 4:19

  And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

• Mark 8:36

  For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

• Proverbs 13:11

  Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

• 2 Corinthians 8:9

  For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

• Proverbs 11:4

  Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

• Colossians 3:5

  Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

• Proverbs 22:7

  The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

• Proverbs 23:4–5

  Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

• John 10:10

  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

• Revelation 3:17

  Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

• 3 John 1:2

  Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

• Proverbs 23:5

  Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.