God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing or wickedly perform reckless acts with men who commit sin. Do not let me feast on their delicacies.

May He incline our hearts toward Him to walk in all His ways and to keep His commands, ordinances, and judgments, which He commanded our ancestors.

I will give them one heart and one way so that for their good and for [the good of] their descendants after them, they will fear Me always.

And I will give them one heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh,

so they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings; the one who is greedy curses and despises the LORD.

But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating bribes. Place [them] over the people as officials of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don't obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue unjust gain.

Woe to him who unjustly gains wealth for his house to place his nest on high, to escape from the reach of disaster!

For from within, out of people's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, lewdness, stinginess, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

He then told them, "Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one's life is not in the abundance of his possessions."

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at Him.

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

Therefore, put to death whatever in you is worldly: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for He Himself has said, I will never leave you or forsake you.

In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, [pronounced] long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

having eyes full of adultery and always looking for sin, seducing unstable people, and with hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!