1242 verses about Materialism

Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;

or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

Did I say, ‘Give to me?’ or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance?’

He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.

The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.

because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.

That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

“Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.

The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.

They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’

Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.

He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.

It can’t be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price.

It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?

So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”

from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive.

As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.

The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.

both low and high, rich and poor together.

Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—

For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.

This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.

Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.

I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.

Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YUD

Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder.

You shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse.”

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”