Quotes About Greed

“Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for oneís life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

Then he said, ëThis is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich manís table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ëThis is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.í

They were delighted and agreed to give him money.

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.

Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

With his wifeís full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostlesí feet.

When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostlesí hands, he offered them money.

But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

When the girlís owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.

I have not coveted anyoneís silver or gold or clothing.

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,

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.

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

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.

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.

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.