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Covetousness
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- General scriptures concerning Exodus 18:21Exodus 20:17Deuteronomy 5:21Nehemiah 5:7Job 20:15Job 31:24Job 31:25Job 31:28Psalms 10:3Psalms 119:36Proverbs 1:19Proverbs 11:24Proverbs 11:26Proverbs 15:27Proverbs 21:25Proverbs 21:26Proverbs 22:16Proverbs 23:4Proverbs 23:5Proverbs 30:8Proverbs 30:9Ecclesiastes 1:2–8Ecclesiastes 4:8Ecclesiastes 5:10Ecclesiastes 5:11Isaiah 1:23Isaiah 5:8Isaiah 56:11Isaiah 57:17Jeremiah 6:13Jeremiah 8:10Jeremiah 17:11Jeremiah 22:17Jeremiah 51:13Ezekiel 22:12Ezekiel 22:13Ezekiel 33:31Hosea 4:18Hosea 10:1Micah 2:2Micah 3:11Micah 7:3Habakkuk 1:15Habakkuk 1:16Habakkuk 2:5–9Haggai 1:6Malachi 1:10Matthew 6:19–21Matthew 6:24Matthew 6:25Matthew 6:31–33Matthew 13:22Matthew 16:26Matthew 19:23Matthew 19:24Matthew 22:1–14Mark 4:19Mark 7:21–23Luke 7:14Luke 12:15–21Luke 12:33Luke 12:34Luke 14:16–24Luke 18:24Luke 18:25John 6:26John 6:27Romans 1:29Romans 13:91 Corinthians 5:111 Corinthians 6:10Ephesians 5:3Ephesians 5:5Colossians 3:2Colossians 3:5Colossians 3:6Philippians 3:18Philippians 3:191 Thessalonians 2:51 Timothy 3:31 Timothy 6:5–111 Timothy 6:172 Timothy 3:2Titus 1:7Titus 1:11Hebrews 13:5James 4:2James 4:13–171 Peter 5:22 Peter 2:32 Peter 2:14–161 John 2:15–17
- See Avarice
- See RICH
- See Riches
- See Worldliness
- INSTANCES OF
- Eve, in desiring the forbidden fruit Genesis 3:6
- Lot, in choosing the plain of the Jordan Genesis 13:10–13
- Laban
- In giving Rebekah to be Isaac's wife Genesis 24:29–51
- In deceiving Jacob when he served him seven years for Rachel Genesis 29:15–30
- In deceiving Jacob in wages Genesis 31:7Genesis 31:15Genesis 31:41Genesis 31:42
- Jacob
- In defrauding Esau of his, father's blessing Genesis 27:6–29
- In defrauding Laban of his flocks and herds Genesis 30:35–43
- In buying Esau's birthright Genesis 25:31
- Balaam, in loving the wages of unrighteousness 2PE 2:15; with Numbers 22
- Achan, in hiding the treasure Joshua 7:21
- Eli's sons, in taking the flesh of the sacrifice 1 Samuel 2:13–17
- Samuel's sons, in taking bribes 1 Samuel 8:3
- Saul, in sparing, Agag and the booty 1 Samuel 15:81 Samuel 15:9
- David, of Bath-sheba 2 Samuel 11:2–5
- Ahab, in desiring Naboth's vineyard 1 Kings 21:2–16
- Gehazi, in taking a gift from Naaman 2 Kings 5:20–27
- Some Jews
- In exacting usury from their brethren Nehemiah 5:1–11
- In keeping back the portion of the Nehemiah 13:10
- In building fine houses while the house of the Lord lay waste Haggai 1:4–9
- In following Jesus merely for the loaves and fish John 6:26
- Money-changers in the temple Matthew 21:12Matthew 21:13Luke 19:45Luke 19:46John 2:14–16
- The rich young ruler Matthew 19:16–22
- The rich fool Luke 12:15–21
- Judas, in betraying Jesus for twenty pieces of silver Matthew 26:15Matthew 26:16Mark 14:10Mark 14:11Luke 22:3–6John 12:6
- The unjust steward Luke 16:1–8
- The Luke 16:14
- Simon Magus, in trying to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit Acts 8:18–23
- The sorcerers, in filing complaint against Paul and Silas Acts 16:19
- Demetrius, in raising a riot against Paul and Silas Acts 19:24Acts 19:27
- Festus, in hoping for a bribe from Paul Acts 24:26
- Demas in forsaking Paul for love of the world 2 Timothy 4:10
- See Avarice
- See Bribery
- See RICH
- See Riches