Bible Verses About Material Things
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for material things, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,901 votes, led by Matthew 6:19-21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Material Things
Matthew 6:19-21421 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Hebrews 13:5406 votes
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.
Luke 12:15394 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.
Matthew 6:33265 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew 6:24236 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.
Luke 12:33-34225 votes
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Matthew 16:26209 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?
1 Timothy 6:10201 votes
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:9-10192 votes
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Matthew 6:31-34135 votes
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
1 Peter 5:7125 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Luke 6:38118 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.
Matthew 6:1-7117 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Proverbs 19:1116 votes
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Luke 21:1-4111 votes
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
1 John 2:16100 votes
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.
James 1:2685 votes
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
Matthew 6:19-2080 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
James 1:1277 votes
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Ecclesiastes 5:1074 votes
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Mark 4:1974 votes
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Romans 12:271 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
1 Timothy 6:970 votes
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Colossians 3:268 votes
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
1 Timothy 6:1764 votes
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
What does the Bible say about material things?
Readers most often cite Matthew 6:19-21 on the subject of material things. Across 6,901 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:5, Luke 12:15, Matthew 6:33. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.