Bible Verses About Money And The Love Of Riches

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Direct Bible text behind the early Christian warning.

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Direct Bible text on serving God and money.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

Shows the Pharisees' love of money.

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Direct command to give to the needy.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

General wisdom saying money does not satisfy.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Direct Bible warning about wanting to be rich.

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

passage about laying up treasure for oneself.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

passage warning against covetousness.

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

passage on making friends with unrighteous mammon.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Parallel passage wording from Matthew.

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

Tells the rich not to be haughty and to trust God.

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Says riches can hurt their owner.

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

passage about riches and entering the kingdom of God.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.