9 Bible Verses About Greed
9 Bible verses about Greed to read, reflect on, and commit to memory.
Then he said to them, “Take care! Keep yourselves from every kind of greed. Even when someone has more than enough, life does not come from the things a person owns.”
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Do not let love of money rule the way you live; be satisfied with what you have. For God himself has said, “I will not ever let you go, and I will never, never abandon you.”
No one can serve two masters. Either they will hate one and love the other, or they will be loyal to one and look down on the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Those who put their trust in riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.
Whoever loves money never has enough money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with what comes in. This too is a breath.
Greedy people stir up conflict, but whoever trusts in the LORD will prosper.
Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and into many foolish and harmful desires that drag people down into ruin and destruction.
No servant in a household can serve two masters. Either the servant will hate one master and love the other, or be loyal to one and look down on the other. You cannot serve both God and wealth.”