Bible Verses about Greed

Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think… Ecclesiastes 5:10

Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! Ecclesiastes 5:10	The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity. money materialism
But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. 1 Timothy 6:9	But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. money materialism

Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.” Luke 12:15	And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” money materialism contentment
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. 1 Timothy 6:10	For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains. money evil desires
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Mark 8:36	For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? materialism life world
Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Matthew 6:19-20	Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. materialism heaven
Some people are always greedy for more, but the godly love to give! Proverbs 21:26	All day long the wicked covet, but the righteous give and do not hold back. giving materialism desires
Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows over time. Proverbs 13:11	Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but those who gather little by little will increase it. money work debt
We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us. Ecclesiastes 5:15	As they came from their mother's womb, so they shall go again, naked as they came; they shall take nothing for their toil, which they may carry away with their hands. materialism heaven
Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich. Be wise enough to know when to quit. Proverbs 23:4	Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist. money planning
No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money. Matthew 6:24	No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. serving money debt
Give me an eagerness for your laws rather than a love for money! Psalm 119:36	Turn my heart to your decrees, and not to selfish gain. law heart selfishness
So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. Colossians 3:5	Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). sin desires materialism
Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10	Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. sin salvation kingdom
You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor. Exodus 20:17	You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. materialism law neighbor
Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people. Ephesians 5:3	But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints. sin holiness sexuality
Pay your taxes, too, for these same reasons. For government workers need to be paid. They are serving God in what they do. Romans 13:6	For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, busy with this very thing. honesty money