187 Bible Verses about Greed
Want to know what the Bible says about Greed? Here are 187 Bible verses about Greed from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NIV
9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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Colossians 3:5 NIV
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
466
Proverbs 20:21 NIV
An inheritance claimed too soon
will not be blessed at the end.
will not be blessed at the end.
429
James 4:3 NIV
When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
401
Proverbs 13:11 NIV
Dishonest money dwindles away,
but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
382
Psalm 10:3 NIV
He boasts about the cravings of his heart;
he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.
he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.
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Jeremiah 6:13 NIV
“From the least to the greatest,
all are greedy for gain;
prophets and priests alike,
all practice deceit.
all are greedy for gain;
prophets and priests alike,
all practice deceit.
310
Matthew 6:33 NIV
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
308
Ephesians 5:5 NIV
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater —has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
303
2 Peter 2:3 NIV
In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
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