14 Bible Verses about Hoarding
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There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and kept back some of the price for himself, with his wife’s full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles’ feet.
But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord, “these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels.”
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
“Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.
He who withholds grain, the people will curse him,
But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!
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