43 Bible Verses About Covetousness

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

Thou shalt not steal.

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.

And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.