Bible Verses about Greed

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• He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver;
  Nor he who loves abundance, with increase.
  This also is vanity.
  Ecclesiastes 5:10moneymaterialism
• But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
  1 Timothy 6:9moneymaterialism
• And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
  Luke 12:15moneymaterialismcontentment
• For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  1 Timothy 6:10moneyevildesires
• For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own 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
• He covets greedily all day long,
  But the righteous gives and does not spare.
  Proverbs 21:26givingmaterialismdesires
• Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished,
  But he who gathers by labor will increase.
  Proverbs 13:11moneyworkdebt
• As he came from his mother’s womb, naked shall he return,
  To go as he came;
  And he shall take nothing from his labor
  Which he may carry away in his hand.
  Ecclesiastes 5:15materialismheaven
• Do not overwork to be rich;
  Because of your own understanding, cease!
  Proverbs 23:4moneyplanning
• No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
  Matthew 6:24servingmoneydebt
• Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
  And not to covetousness.
  Psalm 119:36lawheartselfishness
• Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
  Colossians 3:5sindesiresmaterialism
• Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners 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, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.
  Exodus 20:17materialismlawneighbor
• But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints.
  Ephesians 5:3sinholinesssexuality
• For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing.
  Romans 13:6honestymoney