Matthew 19:21
19:21 Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money
to the poor, and you will have treasure
in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
Isaiah 33:6
33:6 He is your constant source of stability;
he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom;
he gives all this to those who fear him.
Luke 12:33
12:33 Sell your possessions
and give to the poor.
Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out – a treasure in heaven
that never decreases,
where no thief approaches and no moth
destroys.
Luke 18:22
18:22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have
and give the money
to the poor,
and you will have treasure
in heaven. Then
come, follow me.”
Luke 18:1
Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow
18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.
Luke 6:17
The Sermon on the Plain
6:17 Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,
Hebrews 10:34
10:34 For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison,
and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly
had a better and lasting possession.
Hebrews 11:26
11:26 He regarded abuse suffered for Christ
to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on
the reward.
James 2:5
2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters!
Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
James 2:1
Prejudice and the Law of Love
2:1 My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
James 1:4
1:4 And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.
James 5:4
5:4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Revelation 2:9
2:9 ‘I know the distress you are suffering
and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know
the slander against you
by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue
of Satan.