Quotes about Materialism
and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls.
— Isaiah 3:23
To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
— Isaiah 40:19
It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
— Isaiah 44:15
They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
— Isaiah 46:6
They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
— Jeremiah 10:4
You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.
— Ezekiel 16:17
By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
— Ezekiel 28:5
Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
— Habakkuk 1:16
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
— Habakkuk 2:9
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
— Matthew 6:19
Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
— Matthew 6:31
Do not carry any gold or silver or copper in your belts.
— Matthew 10:9