Luke 12:15
And he said unto them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
1 Timothy 6:6-10
But piety with contentment is great gain.
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have; for he has said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Psalm 62:10
Trust not in violence and become not vain in the taking of spoil; if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment and two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Job 2:4
And Satan answered the LORD and said, Skin for skin, all that a man has he will give for his life.
Job 31:24-25
If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
Psalm 10:3
For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.
Psalm 37:16
Tet A little that a righteous man has is better than the many riches of the sinners.
Psalm 119:36-37
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
Proverbs 15:16
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better is it to acquire wisdom than gold! and to acquire understanding is worth more than silver!
Proverbs 23:4-5
Do not labour to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.
Proverbs 28:16
The prince void of intelligence is also a great oppressor, but he that hates covetousness shall prolong his days.
Ecclesiastes 4:6-8
Better is a handful with rest than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-16
He that loves money shall not be satisfied with money; nor he that loves abundance with increase; this is also vanity.
Jeremiah 6:13
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them each one is given to greed; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one deals falsely.
Jeremiah 22:17-18
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness and for to shed innocent blood and for oppression and for violence, to do it.
Micah 2:2
And they coveted fields and stole them, and houses and took them away; so they oppressed the man and his house, even the man and his heritage.
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that covets ill-gotten gain by violence for his house that he may set his nest on high, that he may escape from the power of evil!
Matthew 6:25-26
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
Mark 7:22
the thefts, the covetousness, the wickedness, the deceit, the lasciviousness, the evil eye, the slander, the pride, the unwiseness:
Luke 8:14
And that which fell among thorns are those who when they have heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life and bring no fruit to perfection.
Luke 16:14
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him.
Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with excess and drunkenness and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
1 Corinthians 5:10-11
yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world or with the covetous or extortioners or with idolaters, for then ye would need to go out of the world.
1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 5:3-5
But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once named among you as becomes saints,
Colossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil lust, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
2 Timothy 3:2
For there shall be men who are lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, evil speakers, disobedient to their parents, unthankful, impure,
2 Peter 2:3
and in covetousness they shall make merchandise of you with feigned words, upon whom the condemnation from a long time ago does not delay, and their perdition does not sleep.
2 Peter 2:14
having their eyes full of adultery, and not knowing how to cease from sin, baiting unstable souls, having their heart exercised in covetous practices; cursed sons,