44 Bible Verses about possessions

And they began selling [their] possessions and property, and distributing these [things] to all, to the degree that anyone had need.

you will dispossess the land and live in it because I have given the land to you to possess it.

And he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourselves from all greediness, because not [even] when someone has an abundance {does} his life [consist] of his possessions."

This indeed is a gift of God: everyone to whom God gives wealth and possessions, he also empowers him {to enjoy them}, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in [the fruit of] his toil.

But on Mount Zion there will be an escape, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will take possession [of] their dispossessors.

But whoever has the world's material possessions and observes his brother {in need} and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him?

Behold, this third [time] I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden [to you]. For I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

In the [same] way, therefore, every [one] of you who does not renounce all his own possessions {cannot be} my disciple.

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

God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it--instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This [is] vanity--indeed, it [is] a grievous ill!

Honor Yahweh from your substance, and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,

And also the nation that they serve I will judge. Then afterward they shall go out with great possessions.

And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you your own?

And he possessed sheep and cattle and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.

because when he dies he will not take [away] any [of it]. His wealth will not follow down after him.

The lazy will not roast his game, but diligence is the precious wealth of a man.

And if I parcel out all my possessions, and if I hand over my body in order that I will be burned, but do not have love, it benefits [me] nothing.

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."

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

Now the group of those who believed were one heart and soul, and no one said anything of what belonged to him was his own, but all [things] were theirs in common.

But [when] the young man heard the statement, he went away sorrowful, because he was one who had many possessions.

Then his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east.

{Do not worry} about your possessions, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'"

And he also said to the disciples, "A certain man was rich, who had a manager. And charges were brought to him that this person was squandering his possessions.

For you both sympathized with the prisoners and put up with the seizure of your belongings with joy [because you] knew that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.

Have you not put a fence around him and his household and around {all that belongs to him} {on every side}? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock has increased in the land.

Fortune and glory [are] with me, enduring wealth and righteousness.

because everything [that is] in the world--the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance of material possessions--is not from the Father, but is from the world.

The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all [that is in] your possession, gain insight.

How many are your works, O Yahweh; all of them you have done in wisdom. The earth is full of your creatures.

Then Yahweh returned Job's fortune when he prayed to him on behalf of his friends. Thus Yahweh increased {all that Job had twice as much as before}.

Look! The Lord will drive it out and will hurl its outer ramparts into the sea, and it will be consumed by fire.

Or how can someone enter into the house of a strong [man] and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong [man]? And then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

and Joanna the wife of Chuza (Herod's household manager), and Susanna, and many others who were helping to support them from their possessions.

The land opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their houses and every person {that belonged to Korah} and all the property.

And Zacchaeus stopped [and] said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I am giving to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I am paying [it] back four times [as much]!"

Now Abram [was] very wealthy in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

For their possessions were {too many to live together}, so that the land of their sojourning was not able to support them on account of their livestock.

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one [thing]: Go, sell all that you have, and give [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."