Bible Verses About Greed

1. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

2. Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

3. He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

4. He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

5. Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

6. One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

7. “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

8. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

9. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

10. There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

11. “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.”

Verses quoted from the World English Bible (public domain).

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