44 Bible Verses about possessions

and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need.

You must dispossess the inhabitants of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess it.

Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God.

But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape, and it will be a holy place once again. The descendants of Jacob will conquer those who had conquered them.

But whoever has the world's possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person?

Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor -- instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.

Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;

But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions.

And if you haven't been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you your own?

He had so many sheep and cattle and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.

For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.

The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

His possessions included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east.

Don't worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.'"

Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.

Riches and honor are with me, long-lasting wealth and righteousness.

because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Wisdom is supreme -- so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.

So the Lord restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the Lord doubled all that had belonged to Job.

Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea -- she will be consumed by fire.

How else can someone enter a strong man's house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.

and Joanna the wife of Cuza (Herod's household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah's men, and all their goods.

But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!"

(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)

because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled was not able to support them because of their livestock.

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."