Greed Bible Verses
 GREED BIBLE QUOTES and Bible Verses about Greed. Part of a large selection of the best and most popular inspirational Bible verses organized into a large variety of topics.
 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. - Psalms 10:3 | | Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. - Psalms 119:36 | | He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. - Proverbs 15:27 | | Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. - Proverbs 18:1 | | Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats. - Proverbs 23:6 | | He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. - Proverbs 28:22 | | He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. - Proverbs 28:25 | | The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. - Proverbs 29:4 | | For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. - Isaiah 57:17 | |
| | For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. - Jeremiah 6:13 | | Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. - Jeremiah 8:10 | | Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. - Matthew 19:23,24 | | Woe unto 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. - Matthew 23:25 | | For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? - Mark 8:36 | | And the Lord said unto 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. - Luke 11:39 | | Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. - Luke 12:15 | | Being filled with all unrighteousness,fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy,murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters,inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. - Romans 1:29-32 | | But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. - Romans 7:8 | | But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. - 1 Corinthians 5:11 | | Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. - 1 Corinthians 6:9,10 | | Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath,strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders,drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. - Galatians 5:19-21 | | But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints. - Ephesians 5:3 | | For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. - Ephesians 5:5 | | Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. - Colossians 3:5-7 | |
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| But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. - James 3:14-16 | | Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. - 1 Peter 5:2,3 | | And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness. - 2 Peter 2:13-15 |
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