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What the Bible says about greed
The 10 verses readers most often turn to for this topic, quoted in full from the Berean Standard Bible.
Heb 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”1 Tim 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.Matt 6:24
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.Phil 2:4
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.Luke 12:15
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”Prov 28:25
A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.1 Tim 6:9
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.Eccl 5:10
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.Prov 15:27
He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.Prov 11:24
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.These are the verses readers most often turn to for this topic — not a teaching on it. Read each in its chapter.
Sources
The verses of each topic and their order: OpenBible.info topical data, by readers’ votes: OpenBible.info · CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible · Public domain