23 Bible Verses about Greed
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which some having obtain'd, have revolted from the faith, and brought upon themselves variety of piercing pains.
upon which the Lord said to him, you Pharisees won't leave any filth upon the outside of a cup or a platter: while your consciences are abandon'd to rapine, and sensuality.
I did not mean the vicious Gentiles, the misers, the raparees, or with idolaters; for then you must have gone out of the world.
By their artful discourses they will make you the tools of their avarice; but their condemnation has been a long time advancing, and their ruin is far from lingring.
then he said to them, take care to be clear of all avarice: for the enjoyment of life does not depend upon the having large possessions.
But fornication, and all impurity, or inordinate desire, let it not be approved by you, as being unworthy of christians: neither ribaldry,
nor thieves, nor misers, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor raparees, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
our address to you was without any flattery, as you yourselves can witness, and God is witness that we had no avarice to disguise.
Mortify therefore your sensual appetites, fornication, impurity, irregular passions, wicked desires, and that licentiousness practised by idolaters.
to exhort you to feed the flock of God, which is among you: to take care of it, voluntarily, without reluctance, not from any view to sordid gain, but out of real affection;
but my meaning was, not to keep company with any christian known to be vicious, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or rapacious, no not even to eat with such a one.
who without remorse, have abandon'd themselves to brutality, in gratifying every lewd unnatural passion.
for this you know, that no licentious or dissolute person, no lewd libertine, that is, an idolater, hath any part in the kingdom of Christ, and of God.
The deacons too must be grave, not double tongued, not addicted to drinking, or sordid gain,
their eyes are inflam'd with adultery, and unextinguishable vice: they insnare the souls of the inconstant. their minds are practis'd in the arts of avarice: an execrable race, who have deserted the right way,
they were full of all injustice, fornication, mischief, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, contention, fraud, malignity;
wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye clean the outside of the cup, and of the plate, but within they are full of rapine and impurity.
where false zeal, and a spirit of contention reign, there confusion and every vice prevail.
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balaam » besetting sin » greed
and are gone astray to follow the practices of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity;
greed » General references to
which some having obtain'd, have revolted from the faith, and brought upon themselves variety of piercing pains.
greed » Misery of
and your gold and silver by rust: that rust shall convict you: that rust shall corrode your flesh like a caustic, which you have treasur'd up against the last days.
themselves to temptations and snares, and to many foolish noxious passions, which plunge men into ruin and perdition. for the love of money is the root of all evil:
then throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and went and hanged himself.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Judas
and said, what will ye give me, and I will deliver him to you? and they promised him thirty pieces of silver. from which time he watched a favourable opportunity to deliver him.
this he said, not out of any concern for the poor; but because being purse-bearer he used to pilfer what was in bank.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Achan
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The jews
greed » Results of » Disappointment
greed » Results of » Family trouble
greed » Results of » Apostasy
which some having obtain'd, have revolted from the faith, and brought upon themselves variety of piercing pains.
greed » Results of » Folly
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The people of tyre
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » balaam
and are gone astray to follow the practices of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity;
greed » Instances of » The descendants of joseph
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The masters of the philippian damsel
her masters finding they had lost such a prospect of gain, seized upon Paul and Silas, and hawl'd them to the publick place before the magistrates.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Governor felix
this he frequently did, and convers'd with him upon the presumption that Paul would have
greed » Results of » Misery
and your gold and silver by rust: that rust shall convict you: that rust shall corrode your flesh like a caustic, which you have treasur'd up against the last days.
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Judas » greed » Protest » Breaking » Ointment
whereupon one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was to betray him, said, why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, to be given to the poor? this he said, not out of any concern for the poor; but because being purse-bearer he used to pilfer what was in bank.
Judas » greed » His apostasy
by your authority I have kept them, during my being with them in the world: those that you gave me I have kept, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition: according as the scripture foretold.
Judas (jude) » Surnamed "iscariot." » greed » By his bargaining to betray jesus for a sum of money
while they were at supper, (the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him) Jesus,
Then one of the twelve, Judas Iscariot by name, went to the chief priests, and said, what will ye give me, and I will deliver him to you? and they promised him thirty pieces of silver. from which time he watched a favourable opportunity to deliver him.
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, in order to betray him to them. they were glad to hear him, and promis'd to give him money. upon which he contriv'd the most favourable occasion to betray him.
now satan had inspired Judas surnam'd Iscariot, one of the twelve, what to do. accordingly he went and conferr'd with the chief priests and officers of the temple, about the method of seizing him. they were pleas'd with his proposal, and agreed to give him a certain sum. read more.
Judas accepted the bargain, and sought an opportunity to secure him, without alarming the people.
Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » greed
Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
Seven » Evils to be repressed » greed
Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
worldly Snares » greed
themselves to temptations and snares, and to many foolish noxious passions, which plunge men into ruin and perdition. for the love of money is the root of all evil:
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » greed
themselves to temptations and snares, and to many foolish noxious passions, which plunge men into ruin and perdition. for the love of money is the root of all evil:
Topics on Greed
Greed, Believers' Response To
Romans 13:9loves others hath fulfilled the law. for this, "thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet;" and whatever social precept there be, it is reduced to this single head,
Greed, Condemnation Of
Romans 1:29they were full of all injustice, fornication, mischief, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, contention, fraud, malignity;
The Misery Of Greed
Matthew 27:5then throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and went and hanged himself.
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- Money
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- Nature Of Idolatry
- Profits
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- Self Indulgence
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