Quotes about Materialism
You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.
- Exodus 20:23
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
- Deuteronomy 8:12
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
- Joshua 7:21
Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
- Job 15:27
He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
- Job 15:29
He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
- Job 20:15
Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
- Job 20:21
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- Job 27:16
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
- Job 27:19
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
- Job 31:24
if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
- Job 31:25
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
- Psalm 17:14