Bible Verses About Hoarding
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for hoarding, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,206 votes, led by Luke 12:15-21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Hoarding
Luke 12:15-2199 votes
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.
Luke 12:3493 votes
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
James 5:1-369 votes
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
1 Timothy 5:865 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Matthew 6:31-3357 votes
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Proverbs 11:2649 votes
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Matthew 6:2447 votes
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.
Proverbs 3:27-2843 votes
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
1 Timothy 6:6-1041 votes
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Luke 12:16-2139 votes
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
Matthew 19:21-2237 votes
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.
Philippians 4:4-734 votes
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Hebrews 13:1634 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Luke 12:19-2128 votes
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.
Matthew 16:2627 votes
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 10:2727 votes
And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
1 John 2:1526 votes
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.
Galatians 6:923 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Colossians 3:1-222 votes
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Timothy 3:1-321 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Luke 6:3820 votes
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Proverbs 28:2719 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Philippians 4:1919 votes
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 13:417 votes
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 23:1-3516 votes
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
What does the Bible say about hoarding?
Readers most often cite Luke 12:15-21 on the subject of hoarding. Across 1,206 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 12:34, James 5:1-3, 1 Timothy 5:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.