The rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?

So the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had been greedy.

The people rushed greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

Gehazi’s Greed

When he returned to the man of God with all his company, and came and stood before him, he said, “Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel; so please take a present from your servant now.”

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

And the dogs are greedy, they are not satisfied. And they are shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way, Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.

“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely.

“Therefore I will give their wives to others, Their fields to new owners; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is greedy for gain; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone practices deceit.

Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;

Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.

For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;