48 Bible Verses about Greed
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So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.
Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some have coveted, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
And the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
Yet not altogether with lewd persons of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters: for then ye must needs go out of the world.
For from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth falsely.
And through covetousness they will with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
But lewdness and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; lewdness, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight of it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but from a ready mind;
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness;
But now I have written to you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother is a lewd person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such person no not to eat.
Who being past feeling have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
The horse-leech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four things say not, It is enough:
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
For this ye know, that no lewd, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat from him.
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: they have a heart exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thy ordinary food, and delivered thee to the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of thy lewd way.
And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
And the mixed multitude that was among them fell to lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
From Thematic Bible
balaam » besetting sin » greed
Who have forsaken the right way, and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
greed » General references to
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Her heads judge for reward, and her priests teach for hire, and her prophets divine for money; yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? no evil can come upon us.
Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some have coveted, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
greed » Misery of
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have amassed treasure for the last days.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
But they that will 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 departed, and went and hanged himself.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Judas
And said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put in it.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Achan
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them, and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The jews
Her heads judge for reward, and her priests teach for hire, and her prophets divine for money; yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? no evil can come upon us.
That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in to the same maid, to profane my holy name:
greed » Results of » Disappointment
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
greed » Results of » Family trouble
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
greed » Results of » Apostasy
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some have coveted, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
greed » Results of » Folly
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The people of tyre
And Tyre built herself a strong hold, and amassed silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » balaam
Who have forsaken the right way, and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
greed » Instances of » The descendants of joseph
And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath hitherto blessed me? And Joshua answered them, If thou art a great people, then go up to the wood, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim is too narrow for thee. And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. read more.
And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the limits of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they are strong.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The masters of the philippian damsel
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place to the rulers,
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Governor felix
He hoped also that money would have been given him by Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
greed » Results of » Misery
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have amassed treasure for the last days.
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » greed
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Judas » greed » Protest » Breaking » Ointment
Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was to betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put in it.
Judas » greed » His apostasy
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest to me I have kept, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Judas (jude) » Surnamed "iscariot." » greed » By his bargaining to betray jesus for a sum of money
And supper being ended (the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, 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 to you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, to betray him to them. And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
Then Satan entered into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him to them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. read more.
And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude.
Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » greed
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Seven » Evils to be repressed » greed
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
worldly Snares » greed
But they that will 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 that will 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
Proverbs 28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he is rich.
Greed, Condemnation Of
Psalm 10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
The Misery Of Greed
Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.
