Bible Verses about Greed
| One who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor one who loves abundance with its income. This too is futility. | He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. |
| But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction. | 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. |
| But He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one is affluent does his life consist of his possessions.” | 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.” |
| For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. | 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. |
| For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? | For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? |
| Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal. | 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. |
| All day long he is craving, While the righteous gives and does not hold back. | All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back. |
| Wealth obtained from nothing dwindles, But one who gathers by labor increases it. | Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it. |
| As he came naked from his mother’s womb, so he will return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand. | 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. |
| Do not weary yourself to gain wealth; Stop dwelling on it. | Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. |
| No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. | 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. |
| Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain. | Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! |
| Therefore, treat the parts of your earthly body as dead to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. | Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. |
| 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 homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. | 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. |
| You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. | 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. |
| But sexual immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints. | But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. |
| For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. | For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. |
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