Bible verses about "hoarding" | Noyes

³¹ Therefore be not anxious, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we he clothed? ³² For after all these things do the gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. ³³ But seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will also be given you.

²⁶ For what will a man be profited, if be gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

²⁷ Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.

¹⁹ and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up? ²¹ So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world; and it is certain we can carry nothing out. ⁸ If we have, then, food and raiment, we will be therewith content. ⁹ But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all evils; which some coveting have strayed away from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many pangs.

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say it, rejoice. ⁵ Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. ⁶ Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God; ⁷ and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵ Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

²⁴ No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or else he will cleave to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

²¹ Jesus said to him, If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. ²² But the young man, on hearing this went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

¹⁶ And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. ¹⁷ And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have not where to store my crops. ¹⁸ And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I store all my crops and my goods; ¹⁹ and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up? ²¹ So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

¹ Come now, ye rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are become motheaten; ³ your gold and silver is rusted, and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire; ye have heaped up treasure in the last days!

⁸ But if any one provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

¹⁵ And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for even when one hath great abundance, his life doth not depend upon his possessions. ¹⁶ And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. ¹⁷ And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have not where to store my crops. ¹⁸ And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I store all my crops and my goods; ¹⁹ and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up? ²¹ So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

³⁴ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.