Bible Verses about Greed

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• He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
  Ecclesiastes 5:10moneymaterialism
• But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
  1 Timothy 6:9moneymaterialism
• And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
  Luke 12:15moneymaterialismcontentment
• For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
  1 Timothy 6:10moneyevildesires
• For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
  Mark 8:36materialismlifeworld
• 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.
  Matthew 6:19-20materialismheaven
• All day long he craves and craves,
  but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
  Proverbs 21:26givingmaterialismdesires
• Wealth gained hastily will dwindle,
  but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
  Proverbs 13:11moneyworkdebt
• As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand.
  Ecclesiastes 5:15materialismheaven
• Do not toil to acquire wealth;
  be discerning enough to desist.
  Proverbs 23:4moneyplanning
• 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.
  Matthew 6:24servingmoneydebt
• Incline my heart to your testimonies,
  and not to selfish gain!
  Psalm 119:36lawheartselfishness
• Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
  Colossians 3:5sindesiresmaterialism
• Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
  1 Corinthians 6:9-10sinsalvationkingdom
• You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.
  Exodus 20:17materialismlawneighbor
• But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
  Ephesians 5:3sinholinesssexuality
• For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.
  Romans 13:6honestymoney