Bible Verses About The Prosperity Gospel

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Direct Bible line against gain-based godliness

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Godliness is profitable, but not as money teaching

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Direct Bible line on heavenly treasure

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Earthly treasure warning

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Main Gospel wording against serving two masters

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

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Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Connects bad teaching with gain

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Alms and treasure in heaven

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Rich toward God wording

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Parallel Gospel warning

Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Heart follows treasure

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

Teaches stewardship over unrighteous wealth

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

Warns the rich not to set hope on riches

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

Contrasts worldly wealth with faith

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Warns about hasty wealth-seeking

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

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He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Trusting riches leads to falling

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Calls believers to virtue instead of gain

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

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But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

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The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

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For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

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Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

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Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

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The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

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And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

General promise of prosperity in the land

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

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And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

Direct prosperity blessing language

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Dwelling in prosperity language

But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

Short, direct warning to rich people

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Greed warning overlaps strongly here too