Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s…

The character of covetousness, is what a man generally acquires more through some niggardliness or ill grace in little and inconsiderable things, than in…

— Alexander Pope

“Take heed and beware of covetousness: for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses. -                      Luke 12:15”

— H.H. Fowler

The Word says, ‘Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world’ (1 John 2:15). Jesus warned, ‘Beware of covetousness: for…

— David Wilkerson

Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions. -Luke 12:15

— Bible

If the Christ we follow sent out his disciples with no extra possessions (Luke 9:1-6 and 10:1-12) and warned would-be devotees that he had…

— Marva Dawn

He who seeks possessions for himself will never find them-until he begins to give of the abundance of possessions which he already has.

— Walter Russell

There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants.

— E. Stanley Jones

“Their possessions marked the progress of their life not in a pure volume of accumulation—which in itself was somewhat embarrassing, foolish-looking, potentially imprisoning (one…

— Jonathan Stone

“But, and here comes the rub, all of us feel that we are in complete control of our desire for things. We would never…

— Richard J. Foster

I have heard thousands of confessions, but never one of covetousness.

— Francis Xavier

There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing…

— Leonardo da Vinci

If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content with what…

— Alistair Begg

Perfect love is to feeling what perfect white is to color. Many think that white is the absence of color. It is not. It…

— Anonymous

Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough…

— J. Reuben Clark

There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.

— Confucius