Luke 12:15 Cross References

Luke 12:15

15: Then he said, "Beware! Don't be greedy for what you don't have. Real life is not measured by how much we own."

Hebrews 13:5

  1. Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never fail you. I will never forsake you."

1 Timothy 6:6

  1. Yet true religion with contentment is great wealth.
  2. After all, we didn't bring anything with us when we came into the world, and we certainly cannot carry anything with us when we die.
  3. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.
  4. 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.
  5. For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Psalms 119:36

  1. Give me an eagerness for your decrees; do not inflict me with love for money!
  2. Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word.

Proverbs 16:16

  1. How much better to get wisdom than gold, and understanding than silver!

Proverbs 15:16

  1. It is better to have little with fear for the LORD than to have great treasure with turmoil.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

  1. Those who love money will never have enough. How absurd to think that wealth brings true happiness!
  2. The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what is the advantage of wealth--except perhaps to watch it run through your fingers!
  3. People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich are always worrying and seldom get a good night's sleep.
  4. There is another serious problem I have seen in the world. Riches are sometimes hoarded to the harm of the saver,
  5. or they are put into risky investments that turn sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there is nothing left to pass on to one's children.

Luke 16:14

  1. The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, naturally scoffed at all this.

Matthew 6:25

  1. "So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life--whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes. Doesn't life consist of more than food and clothing?
  2. Look at the birds. They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than they are.

2 Timothy 3:2

  1. For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.

2 Peter 2:3

  1. In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction is on the way.

Colossians 3:5

  1. So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust, and shameful desires. Don't be greedy for the good things of this life, for that is idolatry.

Psalms 62:10

  1. Don't try to get rich by extortion or robbery. And if your wealth increases, don't make it the center of your life.

Luke 8:14

  1. The thorny ground represents those who hear and accept the message, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life. And so they never grow into maturity.

Mark 7:22

  1. adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, eagerness for lustful pleasure, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

Habakkuk 2:9

  1. "How terrible it will be for you who get rich by unjust means! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your families beyond the reach of danger.

Jeremiah 22:17

  1. "But you! You are full of selfish greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly."
  2. Therefore, this is the LORD's decree of punishment against King Jehoiakim, who succeeded his father, Josiah, on the throne: "His family will not weep for him when he dies. His subjects will not even care that he is dead.

Job 31:24

  1. "Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?
  2. Does my happiness depend on my wealth and all that I own?

Proverbs 23:4

  1. Don't weary yourself trying to get rich. Why waste your time?
  2. For riches can disappear as though they had the wings of a bird!

Luke 21:34

  1. "Watch out! Don't let me find you living in careless ease and drunkenness, and filled with the worries of this life. Don't let that day catch you unaware,

Proverbs 28:16

  1. Only a stupid prince will oppress his people, but a king will have a long reign if he hates dishonesty and bribes.

Psalms 37:16

  1. It is better to be godly and have little than to be evil and possess much.

Ephesians 5:3

  1. Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God's people.
  2. Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes--these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God.
  3. You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is really an idolater who worships the things of this world.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

  1. They feel it is better to be lazy and barely survive than to work hard, especially when in the long run everything is so futile.
  2. I observed yet another example of meaninglessness in our world.
  3. This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, "Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?" It is all so meaningless and depressing.

Jeremiah 6:13

  1. "From the least to the greatest, they trick others to get what does not belong to them. Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that!

Joshua 7:21

  1. For I saw a beautiful robe imported from Babylon, two hundred silver coins, and a bar of gold weighing more than a pound. I wanted them so much that I took them. They are hidden in the ground beneath my tent, with the silver buried deeper than the rest."

Job 2:4

  1. Satan replied to the LORD, "Skin for skin--he blesses you only because you bless him. A man will give up everything he has to save his life.

Psalms 10:3

  1. For they brag about their evil desires; they praise the greedy and curse the LORD.

1 Corinthians 5:10

  1. But I wasn't talking about unbelievers who indulge in sexual sin, or who are greedy or are swindlers or idol worshipers. You would have to leave this world to avoid people like that.
  2. What I meant was that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a Christian yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Don't even eat with such people.

2 Peter 2:14

  1. They commit adultery with their eyes, and their lust is never satisfied. They make a game of luring unstable people into sin. They train themselves to be greedy; they are doomed and cursed.

Micah 2:2

  1. When you want a certain piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone's house, you take it by fraud and violence. No one's family or inheritance is safe with you around!

1 Corinthians 6:10

  1. thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God.
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