Bible Verses about 'Covetousness'

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• But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints.
  Ephesians 5:3singreedholiness
• Turn my heart to your decrees,
  and not to selfish gain.
  Psalm 119:36lawgreedheart
• 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.”
  Luke 12:15moneygreedmaterialism
• Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
  Colossians 3:5sindesiresmaterialism
• Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”
  Hebrews 13:5trustmoneymaterialism
• And he said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles. For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
  Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationtemptation
• What then should we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
  Romans 7:7sinlawdesires
• All day long the wicked covet,
  but the righteous give and do not hold back.
  Proverbs 21:26greedgivingmaterialism
• 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.
  Exodus 20:17greedmaterialismlaw
• You want something and do not have it; so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it; so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have, because you do not ask.
  James 4:2sindesiresprayer
• The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  Romans 13:9lawloveneighbor