Bible Verses About Wanting More
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for wanting more, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,993 votes, led by Hebrews 13:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Wanting More
Hebrews 13:5174 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.
1 Timothy 6:6-10161 votes
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Luke 12:15153 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.
Ecclesiastes 5:10138 votes
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Philippians 4:11-13118 votes
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Matthew 6:33112 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Proverbs 23:4-592 votes
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Proverbs 30:8-988 votes
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Proverbs 27:2084 votes
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Luke 3:1480 votes
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Proverbs 15:2777 votes
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
James 4:2-368 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.
1 John 2:15-1768 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.
James 4:1-348 votes
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Proverbs 28:2545 votes
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
Proverbs 30:7-944 votes
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
Philippians 4:12-1338 votes
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Psalms 37:436 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Proverbs 11:2435 votes
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Proverbs 28:2232 votes
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Ecclesiastes 4:632 votes
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Proverbs 21:2628 votes
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Proverbs 23:428 votes
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Matthew 6:19-2126 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Proverbs 13:1124 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
What does the Bible say about wanting more?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:5 on the subject of wanting more. Across 1,993 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 6:6-10, Luke 12:15, Ecclesiastes 5:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.