1 Peter 5:2
Act as shepherds to the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for the sake of sordid gain, but from readiness of mind:
1 Timothy 3:8
The deacons, likewise, must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not makers of money by base means,
1 Timothy 3:3
not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means; but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;
Titus 1:7
For the bishop must be blame less, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;
Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
John 21:15-17
When, therefore, they had taken breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter: Simon, son of Jonah, Do you love me more than these? He said to him: Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my lambs.
Acts 20:26-28
For this reason I solemnly affirm to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all men.
Acts 20:33-34
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
Acts 21:13
But Paul answered: What do you effect by weeping, and breaking my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but also to suffer death in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Romans 1:15
So that, as far as I am able, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also, who are in Rome.
1 Corinthians 9:7
What man ever serves as a soldier, at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit? Or who tends a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?
1 Corinthians 9:16-17
For though I preach the gospel, I have no cause for boasting; for a necessity is laid upon me; yes, alas for me, if I preach not the gospel.
2 Corinthians 12:14-15
Behold, I am ready the third time to come to you, and I will not burden you: for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasure for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Titus 1:11
whose mouths must be stopped: these subvert whole houses by teaching, for the sake of base gain, things which they ought not to teach.
Titus 2:14
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Titus 3:1
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rulers, to be ready for every good work,
Hebrews 12:15
taking care, lest any one slight the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness spring up and trouble you, and by this many be defiled;
2 Peter 2:3
and, with delusive words, they will, through covetousness, make gain of you: the condemnation, long ago denounced against these, delays not, and their destruction does not slumber.
Revelation 18:12-13
the merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, and of pearls, and of fine linen and purple, and of silk and scarlet; and every kind of thyme wood, and every kind of vessel of ivory, and every kind of vessel of most costly wood, and of brass, and of iron, and of marble: