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.”

Cross References (31)

  • Hebrews 13:5 (47)

    Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you

  • 1 Timothy 6:6–10 (40)

    Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

  • Psalms 119:36–37 (33)

    Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

  • Proverbs 15:16 (29)

    Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.

  • Proverbs 16:16 (28)

    How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.

  • Matthew 6:25–26 (20)

    Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:10–16 (18)

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

  • Luke 16:14 (17)

    The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

  • Luke 8:14 (16)

    The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, ri

  • 2 Timothy 3:2 (15)

    For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrat

  • Colossians 3:5 (14)

    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and gre

  • Psalms 62:10 (13)

    Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

  • Psalms 37:16 (12)

    Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:10–11 (11)

    I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you woul

  • Job 2:4 (11)

    “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

  • 2 Peter 2:3 (10)

    In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remain

  • Habakkuk 2:9 (10)

    Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

  • Mark 7:22 (9)

    greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

  • Proverbs 23:4–5 (9)

    Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

  • Ecclesiastes 4:6–8 (8)

    Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.

  • Job 31:24–25 (8)

    If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

  • Ephesians 5:3–5 (8)

    But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impu

  • Psalms 10:3 (8)

    For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

  • Luke 21:34 (7)

    But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that

  • 1 Corinthians 6:10 (7)

    nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

  • Joshua 7:21 (7)

    When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fif

  • Micah 2:2 (6)

    They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance

  • Jeremiah 22:17–18 (6)

    “But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing ex

  • Jeremiah 6:13 (6)

    “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

  • 2 Peter 2:14 (6)

    Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed ch

  • Proverbs 28:16 (6)

    A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.