Hoarding

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.” — read the full passage →

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

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. — read the full passage →

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ — read the full passage →

People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. — read the full passage →

But godliness with contentment is great gain. — read the full passage →

He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” — read the full passage →

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!” — read the full passage →

I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.”’ — read the full passage →

Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you; — read the full passage →

traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. — read the full passage →

Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom. — read the full passage →

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness. — read the full passage →

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. — read the full passage →

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. — read the full passage →

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established; — read the full passage →

Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn’t of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin. Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages, but now is revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known for obedience of faith to all the nations; to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever! Amen.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? — read the full passage →

Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.

Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest. — read the full passage →

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies. — read the full passage →

I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase: — read the full passage →

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.