Bible Verses about “covetousness”
The Bible contains 24 verses about covetousness across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.”
“Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."”
“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.”
“The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.”
“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
“For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."”
“But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;”
“Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;”
“He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."”
“Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.”
“"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."”
“covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.”
“For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,”
“He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.”
“All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."”
“So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."”
“"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'”
“I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'”
“He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.”
“He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.”
“He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'”
“Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.”
“What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."”
“They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.”