Luke 12:15

Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

1 Timothy 6:6-10

Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.

Hebrews 13:5

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you and I will never abandon you."

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

Joshua 7:21

I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath."

Job 2:4

But Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!

Job 31:24-25

"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'

Psalm 10:3

Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.

Psalm 37:16

The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

Psalm 119:36-37

Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly.

Proverbs 15:16

Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth and turmoil with it.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

Proverbs 23:4-5

Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Proverbs 28:16

The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

Ecclesiastes 4:6-8

Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-16

The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

Jeremiah 6:13

"That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit.

Jeremiah 22:17-18

But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

Micah 2:2

They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.

Habakkuk 2:9

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

Matthew 6:25-26

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?

Mark 7:22

adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.

Luke 8:14

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.

Luke 21:34

"But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

1 Corinthians 5:10-11

In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.

1 Corinthians 6:10

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:3-5

But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.

Colossians 3:5

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

2 Timothy 3:2

For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

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 2:14

Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!

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.

Bible References

General references

Deuteronomy 5:21
You must not desire another man's wife, nor should you crave his house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns."
Job 31:24
"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'
Proverbs 1:13
We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.
Mark 4:7
Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

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