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Bible Verses About Greed and Selfishness
Find Bible verses about greed and selfishness — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about greed and selfishness?
The Bible addresses greed and selfishness with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 18:1
“An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.”
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Isaiah 56:11
“Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.”
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Proverbs 21:26
“There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.”
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Proverbs 1:19
“So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.”
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Proverbs 30:15
“"The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don't say, 'Enough:'”
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Matthew 21:38
“But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'”
1 Samuel 30:22
“Then all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, answered and said, "Because they didn't go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except t...”
Proverbs 28:25
“One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.”
1 Samuel 15:19
“Why then didn't you obey the voice of Yahweh, but took the spoils, and did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh?"”
2 Samuel 12:4
“A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the ma...”
Numbers 11:33
“While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.”
Proverbs 28:22
“A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.”
Proverbs 28:20
“A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.”
Job 20:20
“"Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.”
Isaiah 10:14
“My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, have I gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth,...”
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Judges 5:17 — “Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea...”
Philippians 2:21 — “For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ....”
Psalms 10:3 — “For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh....”
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