Bible Verses About Greediness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for greediness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 278 votes, led by 1 Timothy 6:10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Greediness
1 Timothy 6:1042 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 2:1640 votes
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Colossians 3:524 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Proverbs 15:2723 votes
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Luke 12:1521 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.
Ephesians 5:521 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.
Hebrews 13:519 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 5:316 votes
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Ephesians 4:17-2415 votes
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Philippians 4:814 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Ecclesiastes 5:1011 votes
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Matthew 6:2411 votes
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.
Acts 1:111 votes
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
Psalms 10:310 votes
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
What does the Bible say about greediness?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 6:10 on the subject of greediness. Across 278 votes, 14 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 2:16, Colossians 3:5, Proverbs 15:27. This page lists all 14 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.