1 Timothy 6:9
Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Proverbs 15:27
The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.
1 Timothy 3:7
And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil's trap.
Matthew 13:22
The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.
Genesis 13:10-13
Lot looked up and saw the whole region of the Jordan. He noticed that all of it was well-watered (before the Lord obliterated Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, all the way to Zoar.
Numbers 22:17-19
For I will honor you greatly, and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.'"
Numbers 31:8
They killed the kings of Midian in addition to those slain -- Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba -- five Midianite kings. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
Deuteronomy 7:25
You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
Joshua 7:11
Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.
Joshua 7:24-26
Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster.
2 Kings 5:20-27
Gehazi, the prophet Elisha's servant, thought, "Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him."
Psalm 11:6
May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!
Proverbs 1:17-19
Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 21:6
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
Proverbs 22:16
The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.
Proverbs 23:4
Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Proverbs 28:20-22
A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.
Isaiah 5:8
Those who accumulate houses are as good as dead, those who also accumulate landed property until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land.
Hosea 12:7-8
The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
Amos 8:4-6
Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.
Zechariah 11:5
Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.
Matthew 19:22
But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.
Matthew 26:15
and said, "What will you give me to betray him into your hands?" So they set out thirty silver coins for him.
Matthew 27:3-5
Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,
Mark 4:19
but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.
Luke 21:35
For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.
Acts 5:4-5
Before it was sold, did it not belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God!"
Acts 8:20
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God's gift with money!
Ephesians 4:22
You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,
1 Timothy 1:9
realizing that law is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
2 Timothy 2:26
and they will come to their senses and escape the devil's trap where they are held captive to do his will.
James 5:1-4
Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.
2 Peter 2:15-16
By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain's path, and because of greed have abandoned themselves to Balaam's error; hence, they will certainly perish in Korah's rebellion.