Luke 12:15
Jesus said: Be careful, do not covet, for life does not come from your possessions.
1 Timothy 6:6-10
Godliness with contentment is great gain.
Hebrews 13:5
You should be free from the love of money. Be content with what you have, for he has said: I will not leave you. I will not forsake you.
Psalm 62:10
Do not count on extortion to make you rich. Do not hope to gain anything through robbery. When riches increase, do not depend on them.
Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a quality Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them. I hid them in the earth in the middle of my tent.
Job 2:4
Satan answered Jehovah: Skin for skin! Certainly, a man will give everything he has for his life.
Job 31:24-25
If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence,
Psalm 10:3
The wicked person boasts about his selfish desires. He blesses the covetous, which Jehovah abhors.
Psalm 37:16
Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked.
Psalm 119:36-37
Incline my heart to your laws and not to dishonest gain.
Proverbs 15:16
It is better to have a little with respect for Jehovah than great treasure and trouble.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding instead of silver!
Proverbs 23:4-5
Do not exhaust yourself to get rich. Be wise and show restraint.
Proverbs 28:16
The ruler who lacks understanding is a great oppressor. He who hates covetousness will prolong his days.
Ecclesiastes 4:6-8
One hand full of quietness is better than two hands full of trouble and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-16
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth, with gain. This too is vanity.
Jeremiah 6:13
From the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for gain! From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely!
Jeremiah 22:17-18
Your eyes and your heart are intent only upon your own dishonest gain. You are shedding innocent blood and on practicing oppression and extortion.
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them. They covet houses and confiscate them! They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Habakkuk 2:9
He who receives a dishonest profit for his house will have trouble. He may set his nest on high in order to be delivered from the hand of evil!
Matthew 6:25-26
I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink. And do not worry about your body, what you will wear. Is life worth more than food? And is the body worth more than clothes?
Mark 7:22
coveting, wickedness, deceit, loose conduct, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
Luke 8:14
The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear the word and go their own way. They are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce fruit.
Luke 16:14
Hearing this the Pharisees made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.
Luke 21:34
Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.
1 Corinthians 5:10-11
Yet you cannot completely avoid the fornicators of this world, nor the greedy persons, nor cheaters and robbers, nor those who worship idols. To do so you would have to leave this world.
1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 5:3-5
Fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among holy ones.
Colossians 3:5
Make your members that are upon the earth dead with regard to fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (greed), which is idolatry.
2 Timothy 3:2
For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous (lovers of money), arrogant, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful (ungrateful), unholy,
2 Peter 2:3
They speak evil words about you because of their extreme greed. They will exploit you with false evil words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle. Their destruction will not delay.
2 Peter 2:14
They have eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin! They entice unsteady persons. Their hearts are full of covetousness. They are children of cursing.