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Bible Verses About Earthly Possessions
Find Bible verses about earthly possessions — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about earthly possessions?
The Bible addresses earthly possessions with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 4:7
“Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.”
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2 Corinthians 5:1
“For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.”
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James 3:15
“This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.”
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John 3:12
“If I told you earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?”
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1 Corinthians 15:47
“The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.”
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Acts 2:45
“They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.”
Matthew 19:22
“But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.”
Mark 10:22
“But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.”
Job 1:10
“Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.”
Psalms 105:21
“He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;”
Hebrews 9:23
“It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”
Job 15:29
“He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.”
Luke 16:1
“He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.”
Ecclesiastes 2:7
“I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;”
Luke 8:3
“and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.”
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1 Chronicles 9:2 — “Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, t...”
Colossians 3:2 — “Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth....”
1 Chronicles 7:28 — “Their possessions and habitations were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer...”
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