Covetousness

"Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth" (Luke 12:15).

"He that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days" (Proverbs 28:16).

"Be content with such things as ye have" (Hebrews 13:5).

"Having food and raiment let us be therewith content" (1 Timothy 6:8).

"Seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth" (Colossians 3:1-2).

"Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33).

"He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal" (John 12:25).

"Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches" (Psalm 73:12).

"What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matthew 16:26).

"What is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?" (Job 27:8).

"Woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation" (Luke 6:24).

"Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days" (James 5:1-3).

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also... No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon" (Matthew 6:19-21, 24).

"He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful" (Matthew 13:22).

"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith" (1 Timothy 6:10).

"The whole world lieth in wickedness" (1 John 5:19).

"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him" (1 John 2:15).

"For this ye know, that no... covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God" (Ephesians 5:5).

"He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity" (Ecclesiastes 5:10).

"Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD?" (Proverbs 30:8-9).

"He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent" (Proverbs 28:20).

"He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him" (Proverbs 28:22)

"Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away" (Proverbs 23:4-5).

"Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever" (Psalm 49:11).

"The sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways" (James 1:11).

"For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away" (James 4:14).