Topic : Greed

The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

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.

1 Timothy 6:9

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 12:15

For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?

Mark 8:36

"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.

Matthew 6:19-20

Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but those who gather little by little will increase it.

Proverbs 13:11

All day long the wicked covet, but the righteous give and do not hold back.

Proverbs 21:26

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist.

Proverbs 23:4

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.

1 Timothy 6:10

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

"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.

Matthew 6:24

But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints.

Ephesians 5:3

Turn my heart to your decrees, and not to selfish gain.

Psalms 119:36

Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).

Colossians 3:5

For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, busy with this very thing.

Romans 13:6


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