10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

9 But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

24 "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.

5 So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.

3 Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people.

15 Then he said, "Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own."

36 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?*

19 "Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

4 Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.

Be wise enough to know when to quit.

11 Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears;

wealth from hard work grows over time.

10 Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!

15 We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us.

26 Some people are always greedy for more,

but the godly love to give!

6 Pay your taxes, too, for these same reasons. For government workers need to be paid. They are serving God in what they do.

36 Give me an eagerness for your laws

rather than a love for money!