7 Bible Verses about The Misery Of Greed
Most Relevant Verses
Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.
A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!
You have been a cause of shame to your house by cutting off a number of peoples, and sinning against your soul.
And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.
But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.
Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.
