44 Bible Verses about possessions

and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.

and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.

Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”

Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

“But on Mount Zion there will be those who escape,
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will possess their possessions.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.

Honor the Lord from your wealth
And from the first of all your produce;

But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions.

And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

for he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.

For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.

A lazy man does not roast his prey,
But the precious possession of a man is diligence.

And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

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.”

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed.

And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them.

But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.

His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

Do not concern yourselves with your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.

For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and a lasting one.

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

“Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring wealth and righteousness.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

“The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;
And with all your acquiring, get understanding.

O Lord, how many are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all;
The earth is full of Your possessions.

The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased all that Job had twofold.

Behold, the Lord will dispossess her
And cast her wealth into the sea;
And she will be consumed with fire.

Or how can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means.

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions.

Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”

Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.

For their property had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they sojourned could not sustain them because of their livestock.

Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”