Bible verses about covetousness and greed

And he said unto them: Take heed and beware of covetousness; for no man liveth that he hath many goods.

Luke 12:15MaterialismContentment

For they that would be rich fall into temptation and snares and much foolish and hurtful desires, which cast men into destruction and condemnation. For covetousness is the root of all evil; and with it some have erred from the faith, and have made themselves much sorrow.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

Let your conversion be without covetousness; and be content with that which is. For he hath said, "I will not leave thee nor forsake thee".

Hebrews 13:5MoneyMaterialism

Put therefore to death in your members that are on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, wanton lust, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Colossians 3:5IdolsLust

But let neither fornication nor uncleanness nor covetousness be found in you, as becometh the saints.

Ephesians 5:3

Whoso runneth after riches and is envious, he knoweth not that he shall meet with want.

Proverbs 28:22

He that is covetous disturbeth his own house: but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Proverbs 15:27

He that loveth money shall not be satisfied with money; and he that loveth riches shall not have profit. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:9MoneyMaterialism

Woe unto them that draw from one house unto another, and from one field unto another, until there is no more room, that they alone may possess the land!

Isaiah 5:8

Woe unto him that coveteth to the destruction of his house, that he may lay up his nest on high, that he may escape from calamity!

Habakkuk 2:9

They lay hold on fields, and take houses, which they covet; and they do violence to every man's house, and to every man's inheritance.

Micah 2:2

I saw under the spoil a Babylonian mantle, and two hundred pieces of silver, and a golden rod, fifty shekels in weight; and I coveted it, and took it. And behold, it is buried in the earth in my cave, and the silver under it.

Joshua 7:21

I have therefore shewed you all things, that ye should labour, and take up the weak, and remember the word of the Lord Jesus, that he said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive!"

Acts 20:35GivingGenerosity

One man giveth and hath ever more; another is niggardly, when he ought not, and yet becometh poorer. The soul that giveth liberally shall be satisfied; he that giveth liberally shall himself be given.

Proverbs 11:24-25Generosity

Every man according to his own will, not with unwillingness or constraint; for God loveth a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:7Money

That they do good, and be rich in good works, and willingly give.

1 Timothy 6:18Generosity

But Zacchaeus came and stood before the Lord, and said, "Behold, Lord, I give the half of my goods to the poor, and if I have defrauded any man of any thing, I will restore it fourfold."

Luke 19:8Honesty

He scatters and giveth to the poor; his righteousness shall endure for ever, and his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Psalm 112:9

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do neither break in nor steal.

Matthew 6:20Heaven