159 Bible Verses about Covetousness
Want to know what the Bible says about Covetousness? Here are 159 Bible verses about Covetousness from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Matthew 6:25 NIV
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
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Joshua 7:20-21 NIV
20 Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: 21 When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
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Ecclesiastes 5:11 NIV
As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them?
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them?
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Luke 16:13 NIV
“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.”
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1 Corinthians 12:31 NIV
31 Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.
And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
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Ezekiel 22:13 NIV
“‘I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst.
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2 Peter 2:15 NIV
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness.
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Colossians 3:9 NIV
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices
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Luke 16:2 NIV
So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’
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Isaiah 1:23 NIV
Your rulers are rebels,
partners with thieves;
they all love bribes
and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
the widow’s case does not come before them.
partners with thieves;
they all love bribes
and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
the widow’s case does not come before them.
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