Quotes About Materialism

If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.

For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.

When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms;

To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”

And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”

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.

They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.

As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

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.

Woe to him who says to wood, ëAwake!í or to silent stone, ëArise!í Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”

Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.

Then he said, ëThis is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;

Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.