Bible Verses About Covetousness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for covetousness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 114,301 votes, led by Colossians 3:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Covetousness
Colossians 3:55,315 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Luke 12:155,310 votes
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Hebrews 13:55,120 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Ephesians 5:34,431 votes
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Exodus 20:173,694 votes
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.
Ephesians 5:53,145 votes
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Psalms 119:362,801 votes
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Romans 7:72,552 votes
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
1 Timothy 6:102,307 votes
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 John 2:15-172,232 votes
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.
Luke 12:15-212,091 votes
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Mark 7:20-232,008 votes
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Ezekiel 33:311,915 votes
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Romans 13:91,855 votes
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
James 4:21,728 votes
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Ephesians 5:21,621 votes
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Colossians 3:21,596 votes
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Mark 7:221,571 votes
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Exodus 18:211,562 votes
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:
Psalms 119:1-136:261,549 votes
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Mark 7:21,549 votes
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
Jeremiah 6:131,508 votes
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Proverbs 28:161,383 votes
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
Revelation 1:11,319 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2 Peter 2:31,306 votes
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
What does the Bible say about covetousness?
Readers most often cite Colossians 3:5 on the subject of covetousness. Across 114,301 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 12:15, Hebrews 13:5, Ephesians 5:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.