Materialism (Bible Verses)

What does the Bible say about Materialism? Explore this dedicated resource for a comprehensive study of the scriptures and key verses related to Materialism. This guide is designed to cater to both beginners and advanced students of the Bible, providing a deeper understanding of Bible themes and their significance. Dive into a rich tapestry of historical contexts, detailed exegesis, and thematic studies that offer practical applications and spiritual guidance. Engage with the transformative power of scripture as we uncover the meaning, divine wisdom, and eternal truths about the Bible verses related to the topic of Materialism, enhancing how we perceive and live out our faith.

Matthew 6:24 KJV Bible Verse Image
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No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew 6:19 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

1 John 2:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Luke 12:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Ecclesiastes 5:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

James 5:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

1 Timothy 6:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Luke 16:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Ecclesiastes 6:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Isaiah 5:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

Hosea 12:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Revelation 18:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

Revelation 17:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

Zephaniah 1:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

Matthew 19:22 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

Revelation 18:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

Revelation 18:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

Revelation 18:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

Revelation 18:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

Psalms 73:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

John 12:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

Luke 12:19 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Amos 6:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

Luke 12:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

Luke 12:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

Luke 12:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Bible Theme & Topic Recap: Materialism

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