What Does the Bible Say About Roots Of Evil?

1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 14 helpful votes

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.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Hebrews 12:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

Exodus 20:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“You shall have no other gods before me.

1 Timothy 6:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

Isaiah 47:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You are wearied with your many counsels; let them stand forth and save you, those who divide the heavens, who gaze at the stars, who at the new moons make known what shall come upon you.

Isaiah 8:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?

Deuteronomy 4:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

Leviticus 19:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

1 Timothy 6:1-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things. If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain. ...

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

John 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Colossians 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

1 Corinthians 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“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.

Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

1 Timothy 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ...

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

1 Corinthians 14:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Romans 14:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God;

34 Bible Verses about Roots Of Evil

1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 14 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Exodus 20:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 47:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 8:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 4:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:1-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 14:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 14:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Roots Of Evil

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1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 14 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Exodus 20:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 47:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 8:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 4:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:1-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 14:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 14:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote