What does the Bible say about Materialism?
Proverbs 15:16 (NKJV) “Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, Than great treasure with trouble.”
Proverbs 23:4–5 (NKJV) “Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 (NKJV) “He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.”
Matthew 6:19–20 (NKJV) “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.”
Mark 8:35–36 (NKJV) “For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?”
Luke 12:15 (NKJV) “And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.””
Colossians 3:2–4 (NKJV) “Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.”
1 Timothy 6:6–10 (NKJV) “Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
Hebrews 13:5 (NKJV) “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.””
1 John 2:15 (NKJV) “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
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