Wanting More

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

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

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. — read the full passage →

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. — read the full passage →

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: — read the full passage →

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. — read the full passage →

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? — read the full passage →

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.

Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: — read the full passage →

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. — read the full passage →

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

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

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. — read the full passage →

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? — read the full passage →

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. — read the full passage →

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. — read the full passage →

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: — read the full passage →

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? — read the full passage →

Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. — read the full passage →

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. — read the full passage →

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. — read the full passage →

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: — read the full passage →

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. — read the full passage →

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

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. — read the full passage →

And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: — read the full passage →

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. — read the full passage →

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? — read the full passage →

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? — read the full passage →

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? — read the full passage →

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: — read the full passage →

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. — read the full passage →

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →