Luke 12:15

And to the people he said, "Take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses."

1 Timothy 6:6-10

Now godliness with contentment is truly gainful;

Hebrews 13:5

Let your life be untainted by love of money; be content with such things as you have; for God himself has said, I will never leave thee; I will never forsake thee.

Matthew 6:25-26

"For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, inquiring what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor yet for your body, inquiring what you shall wear. Is not your life more than its food, and your body than its clothing?

Luke 8:14

"And that which fell upon thorns is those who have heard, but as they go on their way of word is choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life; so they bring no fruit of perfection.

Luke 16:14

Now the Pharisees who loved money listened to all this and they jeered at him.

Luke 21:34

"But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be surcharged with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day catches you suddenly like a trap.

1 Corinthians 5:10-11

Not that in this world you were actually to have no contact with the immoral, the avaricious, the thievish, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world, altogether.

1 Corinthians 6:10

or thieves, or avaricious men, or drunkards, or foul-mouthed men, or extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:3-5

As for sexual vice and every kind of impurity or lust, it is unbecoming for you as Christians even to mention them;

Colossians 3:5

So slay your baser inclinations. fornication, impurity, appetite, unnatural desires, and the greed which is idolatry.

2 Timothy 3:2

For men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreligious,

2 Peter 2:3

In their covetousness, with cunning words, they will make merchandise of you; those whose doom has not been idle from of old, and whose destruction has not been slumbering.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of harlots, eyes that cannot stop sinning. They entice unsteady souls. Their heart is trained in greed. They are an accursed generation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

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Bible References

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Mark 4:7
Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it, so that it yielded no crop.