21 Best Bible Verses About Mammon

The word mammon comes from the Greek word mammonas. Similar root words exist in Hebrew, Latin, Aramaic, Chaldean, and Syriac. They all translate to “money, wealth, and material possessions.” In the Bible, the word mammon often carried a negative connotation. It was sometimes used to describe lusts, gluttony, greed, and dishonest worldly gain.

Here are the best Bible verses about mammon to study!

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And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

- Luke 16:9

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If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?

- Luke 16:11

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No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

- Luke 16:13

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A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.

- Proverbs 13:22

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For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

- 1 Timothy 6:10

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The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

- Proverbs 22:7

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Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

- Malachi 3:10

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You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

- Deuteronomy 8:18

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Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

- Proverbs 13:11

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As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

- 1 Timothy 6:17-19

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Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

- Luke 12:33-34

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He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.

- Ecclesiastes 5:10

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Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

- Matthew 6:19-21

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Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

- Ecclesiastes 11:1

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The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

- 2 Corinthians 9:6

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One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

- Proverbs 11:24-25

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And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

- Luke 12:15

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“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

- Matthew 6:24

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But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

- 1 Timothy 5:8

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Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.

- Proverbs 19:17

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Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

- Hebrews 13:5

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