44 Bible Verses about possessions

They made it their practice to sell their possessions and goods and to distribute the proceeds to anyone who was in need.

take possession of the land, and live in it, because I've given you the land to inherit.

Then he told them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."

Furthermore, for every person to whom God has given wealth, riches, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept this allotment, and to rejoice in his work this is a gift from God.

"But there will be a delivered remnant on Mount Zion. There will be holiness, and the house of Jacob will take back their possessions.

Whoever has earthly possessions and notices a brother in need and yet withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God be present in him?

Now I'm ready to visit you for a third time, and I will not bother you for help. I do not want your things, but rather you yourselves. Children should not have to support their parents, but parents their children.

In the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions."

I tell you with certainty, he will put him in charge of all his property.

a man to whom God gives wealth, riches, and honor, so that he lacks none of his heart's desires but God does not give him the capability to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger consumes them. This is pointless and a grievous affliction.

Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the first of all your produce,

However, I will judge the nation that they serve, and later they will leave there with many possessions.

And if you haven't been faithful with what belongs to foreigners, who will give you what is your own?

He owned so many sheep, cattle, and servants that the Philistines eventually became envious of him.

When he dies, he will not be able to take it all with him his possessions will not follow him to the grave,

The lazy person does not roast what he has hunted, but diligence is one's most important possession.

Even if I give away everything that I have and sacrifice myself, but have no love, I gain nothing.

Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you own and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

"When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own mansion, his property is safe.

Now all the believers were one in heart and soul, and nobody called any of his possessions his own. Instead, they shared everything they owned.

But when the young man heard this statement he went away sad, because he had many possessions.

His livestock included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and many servants. Indeed, the man's stature greatly exceeded that of many people who lived in the East.

Don't worry about your household goods, because the best of all the land of Egypt is yours."

Now Jesus was saying to the disciples, "A rich man had a servant manager who was accused of wasting his assets.

For you sympathized with the prisoners and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, because you know that you have a better and more permanent possession.

Haven't you surrounded him with a fence on all sides, around his house, and around all that he owns? You have blessed everything he puts his hands on and you have increased his livestock in the land.

Wealth and honor accompany me, as do enduring wealth and righteousness.

For everything that is in the world the desire for fleshly gratification, the desire for possessions, and worldly arrogance is not from the Father but is from the world.

Wisdom is of utmost importance, therefore get wisdom, and with all your effort work to acquire understanding.

How numerous are your works, LORD! You have made them all wisely; the earth is filled with your creations.

The LORD restored Job's prosperity after he prayed for his friends. The LORD doubled everything that Job had once possessed.

Look! The Lord will evict her, striking at her power in the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

How can someone go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man? Then he can ransack his house.

Joanna, the wife of Herod's household manager Chuza; Susanna; and many others. These women continued to support them out of their personal resources.

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, all their households, everyone who was affiliated with Korah, and all of their property.

Later, Zacchaeus stood up and announced to the Lord, "Look! I'm giving half of my possessions to the destitute, and if I have accused anyone falsely, I'm repaying four times as much as I owe."

Now Abram had become quite wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.

because their holdings were too vast to allow them to stay together, since the land where they had settled was not able to support all of their livestock.

Jesus looked at him and loved him. Then he told him, "You're missing one thing. Go and sell everything you own, give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."