14 Bible Verses about Hoarding

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet.

"They do not know how to do right," declares the LORD, "those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds."

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

Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.

Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay, he may pile it up, but the righteous 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 the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.