48 Bible Verses about Greed
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So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owners' life.
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough; and they are shepherds who cannot understand. They all look to their own way, every one for his gain, to his own end.
For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some having lusted after, they were seduced from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and does not know that poverty will come upon him.
And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the platter clean, but your inward part is full of plunder and wickedness.
yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you must go out of the world.
For everyone from the least of them even to the greatest of them cuts off a profit; and from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
And through covetousness they will use you for gain with well-turned words; for whom judgment from of old does not linger, and their destruction does not sleep.
And He said to them, Watch and keep yourselves from covetousness. For a man's life is not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
For let fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness not be once named among you, as becomes saints,
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.
Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall inherit them, for everyone from the least even to the greatest cuts off a profit. From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor with pretense of covetousness; God is witness.
For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid Myself, and was angry, and he went on turning away in the way of his heart.
Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (which is idolatry),
Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;
thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
But now I have written to you not to associate intimately, if any man called a brother and is either a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one not to eat.
For they, being past feeling, have given themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give! Three things are never satisfied, yea, four things never say, Enough!
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but deceivers shall be taken in lust.
For you know this, that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous one (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, and he who loves abundance not with gain. This is also vanity.
And they come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words. But they will not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their unjust gain.
He who is of a proud heart stirs up fighting; but he who puts his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.
Likewise the deacons are to be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of ill gain,
And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hand that which he brought. But, as Jehovah lives, I will run after him and take something from him.
their likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.
having eyes full of adultery and never ceasing from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children
And, behold, therefore I have stretched out My hand over you, and drew back your portion. And I gave you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your wicked way.
And he called the name of that place Graves of Lust, because there they buried the people that lusted.
being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; being full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, evil habits, becoming whisperers,
Jehovah will watch over him and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed on the earth; and You will not deliver him to the soul of his enemies.
And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after ill gain and took bribes and perverted judgment.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess.
Surely he shall not know quietness in his belly; he will not escape with the things of desire.
And the mixed multitude in their midst lusted with great lust. And the sons of Israel also turned and wept, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom; pride. Fullness of bread and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters. Nor did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
And the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever. And he went out from his presence as leprous as snow.
From Thematic Bible
balaam » besetting sin » greed
who have forsaken the right way and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
greed » General references to
And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after ill gain and took bribes and perverted judgment.
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.
Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for silver, yet they will lean on Jehovah and say, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil can come on us!
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough; and they are shepherds who cannot understand. They all look to their own way, every one for his gain, to his own end.
For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some having lusted after, they were seduced from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
greed » Misery of
Your gold and silver have corroded, and their poison will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire. You heaped treasure in the last days.
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, and he who loves abundance not with gain. This is also vanity.
But they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which plunge men into destruction and perdition.
And he threw the pieces of silver down in the temple and departed. And he went and hanged himself.
So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owners' life.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Judas
And he said to them, What will you give me, and I will betray Him to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.
He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and held the moneybag and carried the things put in.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Achan
When I saw among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, I coveted them and took them. And behold, they are hidden in the earth in the middle of my tent, and the silver under it.
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough; and they are shepherds who cannot understand. They all look to their own way, every one for his gain, to his own end.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The jews
Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for silver, yet they will lean on Jehovah and say, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil can come on us!
panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek. And a man and his father will go in to the same woman, to defile My holy name.
greed » Results of » Disappointment
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, and he who loves abundance not with gain. This is also vanity.
greed » Results of » Family trouble
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.
greed » Results of » Apostasy
For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some having lusted after, they were seduced from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
greed » Results of » Folly
The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The people of tyre
And Tyre shall build herself a stronghold, and shall heap up silver like the dust, and gold like the mud of the streets;
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » balaam
who have forsaken the right way and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
greed » Instances of » The descendants of joseph
The sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua saying, Why have you given me one lot and one portion to inherit, since I am a great people, because Jehovah has blessed me until now? And Joshua answered them, If you are a great people, and if mount Ephraim is too narrow for you, get up to the forest and cut down more for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants. And the sons of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us. And all the Canaanites who live in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, those who are of Beth-shean and its towns, and those who are of the valley of Jezreel. read more.
And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people and have great power. You shall not have one lot. But the mountain shall be yours, for it is a forest, and you shall cut it down. And the outer limits of it shall be yours. For you shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and though they are strong.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The masters of the philippian damsel
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain went out, having seized Paul and Silas, they dragged them to the market before the rulers.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Governor felix
He also hoped that silver would be given him by Paul, that he might free him. Therefore he also frequently sent for him and talked with him.
greed » Results of » Misery
Your gold and silver have corroded, and their poison will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire. You heaped treasure in the last days.
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » greed
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.
Judas » greed » Protest » Breaking » Ointment
Then said one of His disciples (Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was to betray Him) Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor? He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and held the moneybag and carried the things put in.
Judas » greed » His apostasy
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those that You have given Me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Judas (jude) » Surnamed "iscariot." » greed » By his bargaining to betray jesus for a sum of money
And when supper had ended, the Devil now having put into the heart of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon to betray Him,
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests. And he said to them, What will you give me, and I will betray Him to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.
And Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them. And when they heard, they were glad and promised to give him silver. And he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.
And Satan entered into Judas, surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the Twelve. And going, he talked with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them. And they were glad and they agreed to give him silver. read more.
And he fully consented, and he sought opportunity to betray Him to them, away from the crowd.
Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » greed
Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
Seven » Evils to be repressed » greed
Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
worldly Snares » greed
But they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which plunge men into destruction and perdition.
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » greed
But they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which plunge men into destruction and perdition.
Topics on Greed
Greed, Believers' Response To
Proverbs 28:6Better is the poor who walks in his uprightness than he who is perverse in his ways, though he is rich.
Greed, Condemnation Of
Psalm 10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous whom Jehovah despises.
The Misery Of Greed
Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owners' life.
