35 Materialism Bible Verses

"A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes."

"The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale."

"A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold."

"Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death."

"How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!"

"What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?"

"Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment."

"Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything."

"You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

"Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, and as everyone comes, so they depart. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands."

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."

"What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?"

"Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless."

"Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction."

"Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread."

"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

"And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind."

"As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?"

"Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle."

"All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing."

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

"When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me."

"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."

"Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry."

"Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”"

"But godliness with contentment is great gain."

"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”"

"If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?"

"All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had."

"John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”"