Luke 12:15
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15 And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”(A)
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Hebrews 13:5
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5 Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”(A)
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1 Timothy 6:6-10
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6 Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment,(A) 7 for we brought nothing into the world, so that[a] we can take nothing out of it, 8 but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.(B) 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
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Psalm 119:36-37
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36 Turn my heart to your decrees
and not to selfish gain.(A)
37 Turn my eyes from looking at vanities;
be gracious to me[a] according to your word.(B)
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Proverbs 16:16
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16 How much better to get wisdom than gold!
To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.(A)
Proverbs 15:16
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16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble with it.(A)
Luke 16:14
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The Law and the Kingdom of God
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.(A)
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Matthew 6:25-26
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Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink,[a] or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?(A) 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?(B)
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2 Timothy 3:2
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2 For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,(A)
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Ecclesiastes 5:10-16
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10 The lover of money will not be satisfied with money, nor the lover of wealth with gain. This also is vanity.(A)
11 When goods increase, those who eat them increase, and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
12 Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not let them sleep.(B)
13 There is a grievous ill that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owners to their hurt,(C) 14 and those riches were lost in a bad venture; though they are parents of children, they have nothing in their hands. 15 As they came from their mother’s womb, so they shall go again, naked as they came; they shall take nothing for their toil that they may carry away with their hands.(D) 16 This also is a grievous ill: just as they came, so shall they go, and what gain do they have from toiling for the wind?(E)
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2 Peter 2:3
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3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.(A)
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Colossians 3:5
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5 Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).(A)
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Luke 8:14
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14 As for what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
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Psalm 62:10
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10 Put no confidence in extortion,
and set no vain hopes on robbery;
if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.(A)
Mark 7:22
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22 adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, folly.
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Habakkuk 2:9
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9 “Alas for you who get evil gain for your house,
setting your nest on high
to be safe from the reach of harm!”(A)
Jeremiah 22:17-18
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17 But your eyes and heart
are only on your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.(A)
18 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah:
They shall not lament for him, saying,
“Alas, my brother!” or “Alas, sister!”
They shall not lament for him, saying,
“Alas, lord!” or “Alas, his majesty!”(B)
Job 31:24-25
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24 “If I have made gold my trust
or called fine gold my confidence,(A)
25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great
or because my hand had gotten much,(B)
Ephesians 5:3-5
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Renounce Pagan Ways
3 But sexual immorality and impurity of any kind or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints.(A) 4 Entirely out of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving. 5 Be sure of this, that no sexually immoral or impure person or one who is greedy (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.(B)
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1 Corinthians 5:10-11
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10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since you would then need to go out of the world.(A) 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother or sister who is sexually immoral or greedy or an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler. Do not even eat with such a one.
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Luke 21:34
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Exhortation to Watch
34 “Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,(A)
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Jeremiah 6:13
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13 For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone is greedy for unjust gain;
and from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.(A)
Ecclesiastes 4:6-8
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6 Better is a handful with quiet
than two handfuls with toil
and a chasing after wind.(A)
7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun: 8 the case of solitary individuals, without sons or brothers; yet there is no end to all their toil, and their eyes are never satisfied with riches. “For whom am I toiling,” they ask, “and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.(B)
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Proverbs 28:16
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16 A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor,
but one who hates unjust gain will enjoy a long life.
Proverbs 23:4-5
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4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
be wise enough to desist.(A)
5 When your eyes light upon it, it is gone,
for suddenly it takes wings to itself,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
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