Luke 12:15

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“Watch out, and beware of all greedy thoughts and actions, for a person's life isn't summed up by all the things they own.”

Cross References

1 Kings 2:40

So Shimei saddled up his donkey and went to Achish in Gath to look for his slaves. He found them and brought them back from Gath.

Job 2:4

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up everything to save his life.

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boast about what they want to do. They praise the greedy, but treat the Lord with contempt.

Psalm 37:16

It's better to do right and only have a little, than to be wicked and rich.

Psalm 62:10

Don't trust in money made by extortion or robbery. Don't be proud of your wealth even if you are successful—don't make money what you live for.

Proverbs 15:16

It's better to respect the Lord and only have a little than to have plenty of money and the trouble that comes with it.

Proverbs 16:16

Far better to get wisdom than gold; far better to choose knowledge than silver.

Proverbs 28:16

An unwise ruler thoroughly extorts his people, but one who refuses to profit illegally will live long.

Jeremiah 6:13

Everyone cheats because they're greedy, poor and rich alike. Even prophets and priests—they are all dishonest liars!

Ezekiel 33:31

So my people come and visit you like they usually do. They sit and listen to the message you share, but they don't do anything about it. Even though they talk about love, all they're thinking about is how to cheat others.

Micah 2:2

They seize any fields they want. They take any houses they want. They cheat people of their houses, and steal their inheritance.

Habakkuk 2:9

What disaster is coming to you who build houses through dishonest gain! You think you can place your “nest” so high it will be safe from disaster.

Mark 7:22

greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, thoughtlessness—

Luke 12:16

Then he told them a story as an illustration. “Once there was a rich man who owned land that was very productive.

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard what Jesus said and laughed at him.

Luke 21:34

Watch out that you don't become distracted by partying or getting drunk or by the worries of this life, so that this day catches you by surprise.

Luke 8:14

The seeds that fall among thorns are those who hear the message but it's choked out by life's distractions—worries, wealth, pleasure—so they don't produce anything.

1 Corinthians 6:10

thieves, greedy, drunkards, abusers, or cheats, will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Colossians 3:5

So kill your worldly nature—sexual sin, immorality, lust, evil desires, greedily wanting to have more—this is the worship of idols.

2 Timothy 3:2

People will love themselves and love money. They will be boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and without God in their lives.

Hebrews 13:5

Don't love money; be content with what you have. God himself has said, “I'll never let you down; I'll never give up on you.”

Joshua 7:21

Among the plunder I saw a beautiful cloak from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I really wanted them, so I took them. They're hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver buried deeper.”

2 Peter 2:14

They're always on the lookout for adulterous relationships—they just can't stop sinning. They seduce the vulnerable; they have trained themselves in greed; they are offspring under a curse.

2 Peter 2:3

They will greedily exploit you with false tales. However, they are already condemned: their sentence has been hanging over them for a long time, and their destruction won't be postponed.