44 Bible Verses about possessions
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And dispossess ye the land and dwell in it, for to you, I gave the land to possess it
And he said to them, See, and watch yourselves from covetousness: for not in the abounding to any one of his possessions is his life.
Also every man which God gave to him wealth and riches, and permitted him to eat from it, and to lift up his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this the gift of God himself.
And in mount Zion shall be an escaping and there was holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
And whoever has the life of the world, and sees his brother having need, and should shut up his bowels from him, how remains the love of God in him?
Behold, I have prepared to come to you the third time; and I will not act with negligence to you: for I seek not your things, but you: for children ought not to treasure up for parents, but parents for children.
So then, every one of you, who renounces not all of his possessions, cannot be my disciple.
A man which God will give to him wealth and riches and honor, and wanting not to his soul from all which he shall desire, and God will not permit him to eat from it, for a man, a stranger shall eat it. This is vanity and it is an evil disease.
And also the nation whom they shall serve, I will judge, and after this they shall come forth with great substance.
And there will be to him possession of flocks, and possession of oxen, and service of many; and the Philistines will envy him.
The slothful one shall not ensnare his hunting: and the substance of the active man is precious.
And if I feed out all my goods, and if I deliver my body that I be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.
Jesus said to him, If thou wished to be perfected, retire, sell thy possessions, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
When the strong, completely armed, should watch his court-yard, his possessions are in peace :
And the heart and soul of the multitude of them believing were one: and not one said any of the things being to him to be his own; but all were common to them.
And the young man having heard the word, departed, being grieved: for he was holding many possessions.
And his possession will be seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pair of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and service exceedingly much; and that man shall be great above all the sons of the east.
And your eye shall not spare upon your vessels: for the good of all the land of Egypt is to you.
And he said to his disciples, A certain man was rich, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as dispersing his goods.
For ye also suffered together with me in bonds, and received the pillage of your possessions with joy, knowing to have in yourselves a better and abiding substance in the heavens.
Didst thou, not hedge about him and about his house, and about all that is to him from round about? Thou didst bless the work of his hands, and his possession spread abroad in the earth.
For every thing which in the world, the eager desire of the flesh, and the eager desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Wisdom the beginning; obtain wisdom, and with all thine acquisition, obtain understanding.
How thy works were multiplied. O Jehovah! in wisdom thou madest them all: the earth was filled with thy possessions.
And Jehovah turned back the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends: and Jehovah added all which was to Job, to the double.
Behold, Jehovah will dispossess her, and he struck her strength in the sea; and she shall be devoured by fire.
Or how can any one come into the house of the strong, and plunder his goods, except be first bind the strong? and then he will plunder his house.
And Joanna wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who served him from possessions to them.
And the earth shall open her mouth and shall swallow them and their houses, and all the men which to Korah, and all the possessions.
And Zaccheus having stood, said to the Lord, Behold, the half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have made any false accusation against any one, I give back fourfold.
For their possessions were much above dwelling together; and the land of their sojournings will not be able to bear them from the face of their possessions.
And Jesus having looked upon him, loved him, and said to him, One thing is wanting to thee retire; whatever thou hast, sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, having taken up the cross.
Topics on Possessions
Giving, Of Possessions
Proverbs 28:27He giving to the poor wants not: and he hiding his eyes increased curses.
Half Of Possessions
Luke 19:8And Zaccheus having stood, said to the Lord, Behold, the half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have made any false accusation against any one, I give back fourfold.
Possessions Decaying
James 5:2Your riches have become corrupted, and your garments have been moth eaten;
Possessions Taken To Babylon
2 Kings 20:17Behold, the days coming, and there was lifted up all which was in thy house, and what thy fathers treasured up, even to this day, to Babel: not a word shall be left, said Jehovah.
Taking Possessions
1 Samuel 8:14And your fields and your vineyards, and your olive trees, the good he will take and give to his servants.