Luke 12:15

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then Jesus said to them, “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. People do not get life from the many things they own.”

Cross References

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money. And be satisfied with what you have. God has said, “I will never leave you; I will never run away from you.” Deuteronomy 31:6

Proverbs 15:16

It is better to be poor and respect the Lord than to be rich and have many troubles.

Proverbs 16:16

Wisdom is worth much more than gold. Understanding is worth much more than silver.

2 Timothy 3:2

People will love only themselves and money. They will be proud and boast about themselves. They will abuse others with insults. They will not obey their parents. They will be ungrateful and against all that is pleasing to God.

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees were listening to all these things. They criticized Jesus because they all loved money.

Colossians 3:5

So put everything evil out of your life: sexual sin, doing anything immoral, letting sinful thoughts control you, and wanting things that are wrong. And don’t keep wanting more and more for yourself, which is the same as worshiping a false god.

Luke 8:14

“What about the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That is like the people who hear God’s teaching, but they let the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life stop them from growing. So they never produce a crop.

Psalm 62:10

Don’t trust in your power to take things by force. Don’t think you will gain anything by stealing. And if you become wealthy, don’t put your trust in riches.

Psalm 37:16

A few good people are better than a large crowd of those who are evil.

2 Peter 2:3

These false teachers only want your money. So they will use you by telling you things that are not true. But the judgment against these false teachers has been ready for a long time. And they will not escape God who will destroy them.

Mark 7:22

adultery, greed, doing bad things to people, lying, doing things that are morally wrong, jealousy, insulting people, proud talking, and foolish living.

Habakkuk 2:9

“Look at you people! You get rich by cheating people, and it hurts your own family! You build your houses high on the cliffs to protect yourself from danger.

Psalm 10:3

Those greedy people brag about the things they want to get. They curse the Lord and show that they hate him.

Job 2:4

Satan answered, “Skin for skin! A man will give everything he has to protect himself.

Joshua 7:21

In Jericho, I saw a beautiful coat from Babylonia, about 5 pounds of silver, and about a pound of gold. I wanted these things for myself, so I took them. You will find them buried in the ground under my tent. The silver is under the coat.”

Luke 21:34

“Be careful not to spend your time having parties and getting drunk or worrying about this life. If you do that, you won’t be able to think straight, and the end might come when you are not ready.

Micah 2:2

They want fields, so they take them. They want houses, so they take them. They cheat a man and take his house and his land.

Jeremiah 6:13

“All the people of Israel want more and more money. All of them, from the least important to the most important, are like that. Even the prophets and priests tell lies.

Proverbs 28:16

A foolish ruler hurts the people under him, but a ruler who hates wrong will rule for a long time.

2 Peter 2:14

Every time they look at a woman, they want her. They are always sinning this way. And they lead weaker people into the trap of sin. They have taught themselves well to be greedy. They are under a curse.

Ezekiel 33:31

So they come to you as if they were my people. They sit in front of you as if they were my people. They hear your words, but they will not do the things you say. They only want to do what feels good. They only want to cheat people and make more money.

Luke 12:16

Then Jesus used this story: “There was a rich man who had some land. His land grew a very good crop of food.

1 Kings 2:40

so he saddled his donkey and went to King Achish at Gath to find them. He found them there and brought them back home.