Quotes About Greed

“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.

All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ëEnough!í:

I saw that all labor and success spring from a manís envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.

Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.

Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.

Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!