Luke 12:15

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So he said to them: "Be cautious and wary of all avarice. For a person's life is not found in the abundance of the things that he possesses."

Cross References

1 Kings 2:40

And Shimei rose up, and he saddled his donkey. And went away to Achish in Gath, in order to seek his servants. And he led them away from Gath.

Job 2:4

Answering him, Satan said, "Skin for skin; and everything that a man has, he will give for his life.

Psalm 10:3

For behold, the sinners have bent their bow. They have prepared their arrows in the quiver, so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart.

Psalm 37:16

For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.

Psalm 62:10

Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth.

Proverbs 15:16

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures and dissatisfaction.

Proverbs 16:16

Possess wisdom, for it is better than gold. And acquire prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Proverbs 28:16

A leader destitute of prudence will oppress many through false accusations. But whoever hates avarice shall prolong his days.

Jeremiah 6:13

Certainly, from the least of them even to the greatest, all of them practice greed. And from the prophet even to the priest, all of them act with deceit.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.

Micah 2:2

And they have desired fields and have taken them by violence, and they have stolen houses. And they have made false accusations against a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.

Habakkuk 2:9

Woe to him who gathers together an evil greed for his house, so that his nest may be exalted, and thinking that he might free himself from the hand of evil.

Mark 7:22

thefts, avarice, wickedness, deceitfulness, homosexuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, self-exaltation, foolishness.

Luke 12:16

Then he spoke to them using a comparison, saying: "The fertile land of a certain wealthy man produced crops.

Luke 16:14

But the Pharisees, who were greedy, were listening to all these things. And they ridiculed him.

Luke 21:34

But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly.

Luke 8:14

And those which fell among thorns are those who have heard it, but as they go along, they are suffocated by the concerns and riches and pleasures of this life, and so they do not yield fruit.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor the effeminate, nor males who sleep with males, nor thieves, nor the avaricious, nor the inebriated, nor slanderers, nor the rapacious shall possess the kingdom of God.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore, mortify your body, while it is upon the earth. For because of fornication, impurity, lust, evil desires, and avarice, which are a kind of service to idols,

2 Timothy 3:2

Men will be lovers of themselves, greedy, self-exalting, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked,

Hebrews 13:5

Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, "I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you."

Joshua 7:21

For I saw among the spoils a very fine scarlet cloak, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a gold bar of fifty shekels. And coveting these, I took and hid them in the ground near the middle of my tent, and I covered the silver with the soil that I had dug."

2 Peter 2:14

having eyes full of adultery and of incessant offenses, luring unstable souls, having a heart well-trained in avarice, sons of curses!

2 Peter 2:3

And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep.