14 Bible Verses about Hoarding

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Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin. For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Acts 5:1-2

But a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and put aside for himself part of the price, his wife also being privy to it; and having brought a certain part, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

Amos 3:10

and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.

Proverbs 11:26

He that withholdeth corn, the people curse him; but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Job 27:16-17

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.

James 5:1-3

Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you. Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in the last days.

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