7 Bible Verses about The Misery Of Greed
Most Relevant Verses
Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
"Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!
You have devised shame for your house by cutting off many peoples; you have forfeited your life.
And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.
