Luke 12:21

So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God."

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out -- a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Matthew 6:19-20

"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Hosea 10:1

Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars.

Habakkuk 2:9

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

Luke 6:24

"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.

Luke 16:11

If then you haven't been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?

Romans 2:5

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed!

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

1 Timothy 6:18-19

Tell them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

James 5:1-3

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.

Revelation 2:9

I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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Luke 12:21

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

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Luke 12:18

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Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out -- a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.

Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars.

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed!

In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.

General references

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Then he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.