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MATERIALISM

(See also MONEY; WEALTH; WORLDLINESS)

warnings about material riches:

♦ do not trust in riches:

• Job 31:24-28; Psalms 49:6; 52:9; Proverbs 11:28; 1 Timothy 6:17 (cf. Psalms 62:10)

♦ do not boast in riches:

• Psalms 49:6; Jeremiah 9:23

♦ do not weary oneself to get rich:

• Proverbs 23:4

♦ do not hasten to get rich:

• Proverbs 28:20

♦ do not love material riches or things:

• Ecclesiastes 5:10; 1 Timothy 3:3; 6:10; Hebrews 13:5; 1 John 2:15 (cf. 2 Timothy 3:1-2)

♦ do not hoard material riches:

• Ecclesiastes 5:13; Luke 12:15-21; James 5:3

♦ do not gain material riches through dishonesty, extortion or oppression:

• Isaiah 3:14-15; Jeremiah 22:17; Ezekiel 22:12; Habakkuk 2:6-8

♦ do not store up material treasures on earth:

• Matthew 6:19-21

♦ do not serve mammon (i.e., material riches):

• Matthew 6:24

♦ do not be anxious for material things:

• Matthew 6:25-34

♦ do not be greedy for material riches:

• Ephesians 5:3; 1 Peter 5:2

♦ do not be occupied with earthly, material things:

• Philippians 3:19; Colossians 3:2

characteristics of material riches:

♦ temporary:

• Psalms 49:16-17; Proverbs 27:24; Luke 12:20; 2 Corinthians 4:18; James 4:2-3; 1 John 2:17

♦ cannot satisfy:

• Ecclesiastes 4:8; 5:10

♦ perishable:

• Matthew 6:19; James 5:2-3; 1 Peter 1:18

♦ deceitful:

• Matthew 13:22

♦ uncertain:

• 1 Timothy 6:17

♦ penalty for materialism

• Isaiah 1:23-25; Jeremiah 17:11; 1 Timothy 6:10; James 5:1-6; Revelation 18:1-24

solution to material riches:

♦ store up treasures in heaven:

• Matthew 6:20-21; 1 Timothy 6:18-19

♦ seek God's kingdom and righteousness first:

• Matthew 6:33

♦ be rich toward God:

• Luke 12:21

♦ find true spiritual values through faith in Christ:

• 1 Corinthians 3:21-23; Philippians 3:8-9; 1 Peter 1:7; Revelation 3:18

♦ focus on eternal, unseen things:

• 2 Corinthians 4:18; Colossians 3:1-2

♦ flee from love of material riches:

• 1 Timothy 6:11

♦ pursue godly virtues:

• 1 Timothy 6:11

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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