Bible Verses About Love of Money
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for love of money, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 15,433 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 Love of Money
1 Timothy 6:10804 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.
Hebrews 13:5611 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.
Matthew 6:24554 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.
Ecclesiastes 5:10358 votes
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Proverbs 13:11298 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
2 Timothy 3:2276 votes
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Proverbs 22:7219 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Luke 12:15218 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.
1 Timothy 6:17-19199 votes
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
1 Timothy 6:5189 votes
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
Matthew 6:19-21184 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
1 Corinthians 13:8181 votes
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Proverbs 15:27179 votes
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Mark 8:36179 votes
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
1 John 2:15179 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.
Mark 4:19169 votes
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Matthew 6:21167 votes
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
James 2:5165 votes
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Psalms 37:21156 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
John 3:16155 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Psalms 37:16-17154 votes
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Exodus 22:25149 votes
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
Deuteronomy 8:18143 votes
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Philippians 4:19138 votes
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 22:1137 votes
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
What does the Bible say about love of money?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 6:10 on the subject of love of money. Across 15,433 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:5, Matthew 6:24, Ecclesiastes 5:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.