Bible Verses About Avarice: General references

Then I turned my attention to something else under the sun that is pointless:

the situation in which a solitary individual without a companion, with neither son nor brother, keeps on working endlessly but never has enough wealth. "For whom" [he should ask], "am I working so hard and denying myself pleasure?"This too is truly pointless, a sorry business.

The lover of money never has enough money; the lover of luxury never has enough income. This too is pointless.

When the quantity of goods increases, so does the number of parasites consuming them; so the only advantage to the owner is that he gets to watch them do it.

A congregation leader must be above reproach, he must be faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, orderly, hospitable and able to teach.

He must not drink excessively or get into fights; rather, he must be kind and gentle. He must not be a lover of money.