Exodus 20:17
20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Joshua 7:21
7:21 I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon,
two hundred silver pieces,
and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.”
Psalms 10:3
10:3 Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants;
the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.
Psalms 119:36
119:36 Give me a desire for your rules,
rather than for wealth gained unjustly.
Jeremiah 6:13
6:13 “That is because, from the least important to the most important of them,
all of them are greedy for dishonest gain.
Prophets and priests alike,
all of them practice deceit.
Ezekiel 33:31
33:31 They come to you in crowds,
and they sit in front of you as
my people. They hear your words, but do not obey
them. For they talk lustfully,
and their heart is set on
their own advantage.
Mark 7:22
7:22 adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.
Luke 8:14
8:14 As for the seed that
fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but
as they go on their way they are choked
by the worries and riches and pleasures of life,
and their fruit does not mature.
Luke 12:15-21
12:15 Then
he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from
all types of greed,
because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
12:16 He then
told them a parable:
“The land of a certain rich man produced
an abundant crop,
12:17 so
he thought to himself,
‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’
12:18 Then
he said, ‘I
will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
12:19 And I will say to myself,
“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life
will be demanded back from
you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
12:21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself,
but is not rich toward God.”
Luke 16:13-14
16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for 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 God and money.”
More Warnings about the Pharisees
16:14 The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
Romans 1:29
1:29 They are filled
with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with
envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
Romans 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
Colossians 1:11
1:11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of
all patience and steadfastness, joyfully
Colossians 1:10
1:10 so that you may live
worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects
– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
Ephesians 5:3
5:3 But
among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind,
or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.
Ephesians 5:5
5:5 For you can be confident of this one thing:
that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Colossians 3:5
3:5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth:
sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion,
evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:1
Exhortations to Seek the Things Above
3:1 Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:3
3:3 for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Colossians 1:9-10
Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church
1:9 For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
1:10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
Colossians 1:2
1:2 to the saints, the faithful
brothers and sisters
in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you
from God our Father!
Colossians 2:3
2:3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 2:14
2:14 He has destroyed
what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness
expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.
Jude 1:11
1:11 Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain’s path,
and because of greed
have abandoned themselves
to
Balaam’s error; hence,
they will certainly perish
in Korah’s rebellion.