Bible Verses About The Love of Money
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for the love of money, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,722 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 The Love of Money
1 Timothy 6:10134 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.
Matthew 6:24129 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.
Hebrews 13:5108 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.
2 Timothy 3:266 votes
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Ecclesiastes 5:1065 votes
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Luke 12:1553 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 6:9-1048 votes
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Proverbs 13:1145 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Matthew 6:19-2132 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
1 Timothy 6:9-1130 votes
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Matthew 6:31-3329 votes
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Matthew 6:1926 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Luke 16:1326 votes
No servant 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.
James 2:526 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?
Proverbs 23:425 votes
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
1 Timothy 6:925 votes
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Proverbs 23:4-524 votes
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Proverbs 22:723 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Matthew 6:2122 votes
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Mark 8:3622 votes
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Romans 13:721 votes
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Proverbs 28:2020 votes
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Matthew 13:2219 votes
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
John 3:1619 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.
Romans 13:919 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.
What does the Bible say about the love of money?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 6:10 on the subject of the love of money. Across 1,722 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 6:24, Hebrews 13:5, 2 Timothy 3:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.