44 Bible Verses about possessions

And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.

And take the land for yourselves, for your resting-place: for to you I have given the land as your heritage.

And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

But in Mount Zion some will be kept safe, and it will be holy; and the children of Jacob will take their heritage.

But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?

This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.

And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods.

A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:

But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.

And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?

For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.

For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe:

And all those who were of the faith were one in heart and soul: and not one of them said that any of the things which he had was his property only; but they had all things in common.

But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property.

And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?

Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal and righteousness.

Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.

The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.

And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.

See, the Lord will take away her heritage, overturning her power in the sea; and she will be burned up with fire.

Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.

And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.

And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined to Korah, and their goods.

And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.

For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.

And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.