Some Bible Topics
earthly possessions
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Matthew Chapter 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew Chapter 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew Chapter 6:21
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew Chapter 6:24
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 Chapter 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew Chapter 19:21
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Luke Chapter 12:15
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.
Colossians Chapter 3:1
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Colossians Chapter 3:2
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Colossians Chapter 3:3
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Colossians Chapter 3:4
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Hebrews Chapter 13:5
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.
1 John Chapter 2:15
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.
1 John Chapter 2:16
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.
1 John Chapter 2:17
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.