7 Bible Verses about The Misery Of Greed

Thus are the ways of all who are greedy [for] gain-- it will take the life of its possessors.

Whoever loves money is not satisfied [with] money, and whoever loves wealth [is] not [satisfied with] profit. This also [is] vanity!

Woe to [him who] obtains profit [from] evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be saved from the hand of misfortune!

You have plotted shame for your house, cutting off many peoples and sinning against your life.

And throwing the silver coins into the temple he departed. And he went away [and] hanged himself.

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.

Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you, and it will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.