Quotes about Greed
Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
- Isaiah 5:8
They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
- Isaiah 9:20
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
- Isaiah 56:11
I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
- Isaiah 57:17
They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
- Jeremiah 5:8
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
- Jeremiah 5:28
“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
- Jeremiah 6:13
Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
- Jeremiah 8:10
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
- Jeremiah 22:17
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
- Ezekiel 22:27
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
- Ezekiel 33:31
You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
- Ezekiel 34:3