My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent... do not walk in the way with them... for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood... But they lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk secretly for their own lives. So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.(Prov 1:10-19, NKJV)
Do not covet... anything that belongs to your neighbor.(Exo 20:17, HCSB)
Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.(1 Tim 6:9, ESV)
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.(Prov 27:20, KJV)
The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.(1 Tim 6:10, NKJV)
Better is a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.(Prov 16:8, NASB)
Unjust gain makes the wise foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.(Eccle 7:7, ISV)
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.(Prov 10:2, ESV)
Better is a little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.(Prov 15:16, NKJV)
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.(Eccle 4:6, NIV)
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.(Eccle 5:10, NASB)
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.(Eccle 5:12, NKJV)
A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.(Prov 14:30, NIV)
Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has.(Luke 12:15, ISV)
No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.(Luke 16:13, NIV)
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the boastful, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked... Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end. Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.(Psalm 73:2-3,17-18, NKJV)
Don't associate with heavy drinkers or dine with gluttons, because drunks and gluttons tend to become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.(Prov 23:20-21, ISV)
Do not be overawed when others grow rich, when the splendor of their houses increases; for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them... they will join those who have gone before them, who will never again see the light of life.(Psalm 49:16-19, NIV)
There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; and one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.(Prov 13:7, NKJV)
The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to Him.(Psalm 24:1-2, NLT)
It is the blessing of the LORD that makes rich, and He adds no sorrow to it.(Prov 10:22, NASB)
Do not trust in oppression, nor vainly hope in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them. God has spoken once, twice I have heard this: that power belongs to God. Also to You, O LORD, belongs mercy; for You render to each one according to his work.(Psalm 62:10-12, NKJV)
Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for God has said, 'I will never leave you or abandon you.'(Heb 13:5, ISV)
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.(Matt 6:19-21, NASB)
