7 Bible Verses about The Misery Of Greed
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These are the ways of all such as be covetous, that one would ravish another's life.
He that loveth money, will never be satisfied with money: and whoso delighteth in riches, shall have no profit thereof. Is not this also a vain thing?
Woe unto him, that covetously gathereth evil gotten goods into his house: that he may set his nest on high, to escape from the power of misfortune.
Thou hast devised the shame of thine own house, for thou hast slain too much people, and hast willfully offended:
And he cast down the silver plates in the temple, and departed, and went and hung himself.
They that will be rich, fall into temptation and snares, and into many foolish and noisome lusts, which drown men in perdition and destruction.
Your gold and your silver are cankered, and the rust of them shall be a witness unto you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together in your last days.