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Hebrews 13:5
Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said,“ I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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1 Timothy 6 6-1 Timothy 6 10
Now godliness with contentment is great gain.For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Psalms 119:36-37
Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to covetousness.Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way.
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Proverbs 16:16
How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
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Proverbs 15:16
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, Than great treasure with trouble.
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Matthew 6:25-26
“ Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
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Luke 16:14
Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him.
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Ecclesiastes 5:10-16
He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.When goods increase, They increase who eat them; So what profit have the owners Except to see them with their eyes?The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, Whether he eats little or much; But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.But those riches perish through misfortune; When he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand.As he came from his mother’s womb, naked shall he return, To go as he came; And he shall take nothing from his labor Which he may carry away in his hand.And this also is a severe evil— Just exactly as he came, so shall he go. And what profit has he who has labored for the wind?
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2 Timothy 3 2
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
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Psalms 62:10
Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.
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2 Peter 2 3
By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
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Colossians 3:5
Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
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Luke 8:14
Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
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Jeremiah 22:17-18
“ Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing oppression and violence.”Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:“ They shall not lament for him, Saying,‘ Alas, my brother!’ or‘ Alas, my sister!’“ They shall not lament for him, Saying,‘ Alas, master!’ or‘ Alas, his glory!’
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Job 31:24-25
“ If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold,‘ You are my confidence’;If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much;
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Mark 7:22
thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
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Habakkuk 2:9
“ Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house, That he may set his nest on high, That he may be delivered from the power of disaster!
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Luke 21:34
“ But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.
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Job 2:4
So Satan answered the Lord and said,“ Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
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Proverbs 23:4-5
Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease!Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
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1 Corinthians 5 10-1 Corinthians 5 11
Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner— not even to eat with such a person.
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Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”
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Jeremiah 6:13
“ Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely.
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Proverbs 28:16
A ruler who lacks understanding is a great oppressor, But he who hates covetousness will prolong his days.
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Ecclesiastes 4:6-8
Better a handful with quietness Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun:There is one alone, without companion: He has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labors, Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. But he never asks,“ For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?” This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.
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1 Corinthians 6 10
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
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Ephesians 5:3-5
But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
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Psalms 37:16
A little that a righteous man has Is better than the riches of many wicked.
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Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.
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2 Peter 2 14
having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children.
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Micah 2:2
They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.