Overcoming Greed

5 passages

1. Luke 12:15

   And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

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2. Ecclesiastes 5:10

   He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

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3. Colossians 3:5

   Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

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4. 1 Timothy 6:17

   Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

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5. 1 Timothy 6:6

   Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

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