Quotes about Greed
Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
— John 12:6
Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
— Acts 5:1
With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
— Acts 5:2
But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
— Acts 8:20
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
— Romans 1:29
I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
— 1 Corinthians 5:10
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
— 1 Corinthians 6:10
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
— Ephesians 5:3
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
— Ephesians 5:5
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
— Colossians 3:5
As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
— 1 Thessalonians 2:5
and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
— 1 Timothy 6:5