Bible verses about "hoarding" | ACV

³¹ Be not therefore anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we wear? ³² For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that ye need all these things. ³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

²⁶ For what does it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be? ²¹ So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.

²⁷ And having looked at them, Jesus says, With men, impossible, but not with God. For with God all things are possible.

⁶ But piety with contentment is great gain, ⁷ for we brought nothing into the world. It is clear that neither can we carry anything out, ⁸ but having food and covering we will be content with these. ⁹ But those who want to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, which sink men in destruction and ruin. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice. ⁵ Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is near. ⁶ Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thankfulness make your requests known to God. ⁷ And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵ Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

²⁶ The people shall curse him who withholds grain, but a blessing shall be upon the head of him who sells it.

²⁷ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it. ²⁸ Do not say to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give, when thou have it by thee.

²⁴ No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

²¹ Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me. ²² But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions.

¹⁶ And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth well. ¹⁷ And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops? ¹⁸ And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be? ²¹ So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.

⁸ But if any man does not provide for his own, and especially those belonging his household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

¹ Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching. ² Your wealth has decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days.

¹⁵ And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him. ¹⁶ And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth well. ¹⁷ And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops? ¹⁸ And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be? ²¹ So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.

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