106 Bible Verses about Materialism
Want to know what the Bible says about Materialism? Here are 106 Bible verses about Materialism from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11 NIV
Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
nothing was gained under the sun.
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
nothing was gained under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 5:15 NIV
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.
and as everyone comes, so they depart.
They take nothing from their toil
that they can carry in their hands.
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Joshua 7:21 NIV
When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
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1 John 3:17 NIV
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?
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Proverbs 22:9 NIV
The generous will themselves be blessed,
for they share their food with the poor.
for they share their food with the poor.
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Proverbs 28:22 NIV
The stingy are eager to get rich
and are unaware that poverty awaits them.
and are unaware that poverty awaits them.
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Matthew 19:21 NIV
Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
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Proverbs 27:20 NIV
Death and Destruction are never satisfied,
and neither are human eyes.
and neither are human eyes.
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Proverbs 23:5 NIV
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.
for they will surely sprout wings
and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
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Proverbs 22:1 NIV
A good name is more desirable than great riches;
to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
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Luke 16:14-15 NIV
14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. 15 He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
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1 Timothy 2:9 NIV
I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
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Psalm 37:7 NIV
Be still before the Lord
and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.
and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.
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Ecclesiastes 6:9 NIV
Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.
42
Acts 2:45 NIV
They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.
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Revelation 18:4 NIV
Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
“‘Come out of her, my people,’
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
42
Ecclesiastes 4:8 NIV
There was a man all alone;
he had neither son nor brother.
There was no end to his toil,
yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.
“For whom am I toiling,” he asked,
“and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?”
This too is meaningless—
a miserable business!
he had neither son nor brother.
There was no end to his toil,
yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.
“For whom am I toiling,” he asked,
“and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?”
This too is meaningless—
a miserable business!
42
Proverbs 20:21 NIV
An inheritance claimed too soon
will not be blessed at the end.
will not be blessed at the end.
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Ezekiel 16:49 NIV
“‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
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1 Corinthians 15:42 NIV
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;
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