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1 Timothy 6 10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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Matthew 6:24
“ No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
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Luke 12:15
And he said to them,“ Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
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Matthew 6:19
“ Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
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Ecclesiastes 4:8
one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks,“ For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Psalms 62:10
Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Habakkuk 2:5-7
“ Moreover, wine is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest. His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations and collects as his own all peoples.”Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,“ Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own— for how long?— and loads himself with pledges!”Will not your debtors suddenly arise, and those awake who will make you tremble? Then you will be spoil for them.
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Ecclesiastes 4:16
There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 3:19
For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17-18
So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me,
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Psalms 52:7
“ See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!”
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Proverbs 30:15-16
The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say,“ Enough”:Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says,“ Enough.”
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
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Psalms 52:1
Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
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Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.
