23 Bible Verses about Greed
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For the love of money is a root of all evils; which some coveting have strayed away from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many pangs.
But the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inside is full of rapacity and wickedness.
certainly not meaning the fornicators of this world, or the covetous and extortioners, or idolaters; for to do this ye must go out of the world.
and in covetousness will they with feigned words make merchandise of you; for whom the judgment long ago ordained lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for even when one hath great abundance, his life doth not depend upon his possessions.
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints,
nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;
Make dead therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
tend the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for base gain, but with ready mind;
thefts, murders, adulteries, covetousness, iniquities, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
But this is what I wrote you, not to keep company with any one called a brother, if he be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one not even to eat.
who, being past feeling, have given themselves up to wantonness, to work all uncleanness in greediness.
For of this ye are sure, since ye know that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Deacons in like manner must be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain,
having eyes full of an adulteress, and that cannot cease from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised in covetousness, children of a curse,
being filled with all unrighteousness, malice, covetousness, wickedness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; backbiters,
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of robbery and licentiousness.
From Thematic Bible
balaam » besetting sin » greed
they have forsaken the right way, and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
greed » General references to
For the love of money is a root of all evils; which some coveting have strayed away from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many pangs.
greed » Misery of
your gold and silver is rusted, and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire; ye have heaped up treasure in the last days!
But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and withdrew; and went away and hanged himself.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Judas
and said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him up to you? And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought an opportunity to deliver him up.
And this he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and bore what was put therein.
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
For the love of money is a root of all evils; which some coveting have strayed away from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many pangs.
greed » Results of » Folly
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The people of tyre
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » balaam
they have forsaken the right way, and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
greed » Instances of » The descendants of joseph
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The masters of the philippian damsel
But her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, laid hold of Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace to the rulers;
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Governor felix
He hoped also that money would be given him by Paul; on which account he sent for him the oftener, and conversed with him.
greed » Results of » Misery
your gold and silver is rusted, and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire; ye have heaped up treasure in the last days!
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Judas » greed » Protest » Breaking » Ointment
But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, he who was about to betray him, saith, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor? And this he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and bore what was put therein.
Judas » greed » His apostasy
While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me, and guarded them; and no one of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture may be fulfilled.
Judas (jude) » Surnamed "iscariot." » greed » By his bargaining to betray jesus for a sum of money
And supper being served,the Devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him,
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, and said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him up to you? And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought an opportunity to deliver him up.
And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, that he might deliver him up to them. And they when they heard it were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought a good opportunity to deliver him up.
And Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve. And he went away, and consulted with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver him up to them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. read more.
And he agreed with them, and sought a good opportunity to deliver him up to them in the absence of the multitude.
Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » greed
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Seven » Evils to be repressed » greed
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
worldly Snares » greed
But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » greed
But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Topics on Greed
Greed, Believers' Response To
Romans 13:9For these, "Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet," and every other commandment, are summed up in this precept, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Greed, Condemnation Of
Romans 1:29being filled with all unrighteousness, malice, covetousness, wickedness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; backbiters,
The Misery Of Greed
Matthew 27:5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and withdrew; and went away and hanged himself.
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