What Does the Bible Say About Minimalism?

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

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.”

Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“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.

1 Timothy 6:17-19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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.

Acts 4:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes

There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“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.

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,

Galatians 2:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

Galatians 1:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.

Galatians 1:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

1 Corinthians 10:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

Acts 15:1-41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them. But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.” ...

Acts 10:1-48 ESV / 1 helpful vote

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, “Cornelius.” And he stared at him in terror and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter. ...

Luke 16:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house—

Matthew 24:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Matthew 24:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. ...

Zechariah 14:1-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. ...

Micah 1:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it, and let the Lord God be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

Isaiah 19:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

An oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

21 Bible Verses about Minimalism

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:17-19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Acts 4:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Galatians 2:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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1 Corinthians 10:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 15:1-41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Luke 16:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 24:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 24:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Zechariah 14:1-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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21 Bible Verses about Minimalism

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Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:17-19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Acts 4:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Thessalonians 2:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 2:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 1:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 1:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 10:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 15:1-41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 10:1-48 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 16:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 24:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 24:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Zechariah 14:1-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Micah 1:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 19:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote