Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
Luke 12:15 NLT

“And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?”
Mark 8:36-37 (NLT)

“You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Acts 20:35 (NLT)

“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things. Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything.”
1 Chronicles 29:11-12 (NLT)

“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”
Psalm 24:1 (NLT)

“But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.”
1 Timothy 6:9-10 (NLT)

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5 (NLT)

“Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love for us — I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.”
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NLT)

“You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.”
2 Corinthians 8:9 (NLT)

You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”
2 Corinthians 9:7 (NLT)

“One of the greatest impediments to generosity in the human heart is the fear that our gift to someone else means a loss of that gift’s benefit to ourselves. We fear that if we give sacrificially to someone else, we might have to go without ourselves.”
Dr. Larry Allen – Growing In The Grace Of Giving