Bible verses about Gambling
Verses about money, greed and the contentment that does not depend on chance.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Exodus 20:17Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
Proverbs 13:11The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Proverbs 23:4When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Proverbs 23:5A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 28:20A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
Proverbs 28:22He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
Ecclesiastes 5:10Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
Isaiah 55:2No one can serve two masters: 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 both God and money.
Matthew 6:24And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Luke 12:15Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Luke 12:33Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
Romans 6:16“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
1 Corinthians 6:12He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 15:27For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Ephesians 5:5I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
Philippians 4:11I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.
Philippians 4:12Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
1 Timothy 6:9For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:10Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5