The bible is pretty clear on who owns all the wealth on earth, and there are no passages that suggest that He has relinquished this ownership. Here are a few key passages*: The earth is the LORD’S, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.(Psalm 24:1)Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens the earth and all that is in it.(Deuteronomy 10:14)The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me.(Leviticus 25:23)Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. (1 Chronicles 29:11-12)Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.(Job 41:11)For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine. If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and all it contains.(Psalm 50:10-12)The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of hosts. (Haggai 2:8)*All scripture quotations on this page were taken from the New American Standard Bible. The initial list can be found in Managing God’s money, A Biblical Guide, by Randy Alcorn.
The bible is pretty clear on who owns all the wealth on earth, and there are no passages that suggest
that He has relinquished this ownership. Here are a few key passages*:
The earth is the LORD’S, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.
(Psalm 24:1)
Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens the earth and all
that is in it. (Deuteronomy 10:14)
The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but
aliens and sojourners with Me. (Leviticus 25:23)
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the
majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion,
O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You,
and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to
make great and to strengthen everyone. (1 Chronicles 29:11-12)
Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is
Mine. (Job 41:11)
For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird
of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine. If I were hungry I
would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and all it contains. (Psalm 50:10-12)
The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of hosts. (Haggai 2:8)
*All scripture quotations on this page were taken from the New American Standard Bible. The initial
list can be found in Managing God’s money, A Biblical Guide, by Randy Alcorn.
