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CovetousnessNAVE'S
General scriptures concerning Exodus 18:21 · Exodus 20:17 · Deuteronomy 5:21 · Nehemiah 5:7 · Job 20:15 · Job 31:24,25,28 · Psalms 10:3 · Psalms 119:36 · Proverbs 1:19 · Proverbs 11:24,26 · Proverbs 15:27 · Proverbs 21:25,26 · Proverbs 22:16 · Proverbs 23:4,5 · Proverbs 30:8,9 · Ecclesiastes 1:2-8 · Ecclesiastes 4:8 · Ecclesiastes 5:10,11 · Isaiah 1:23 · Isaiah 5:8 · Isaiah 56:11 · Isaiah 57:17 · Jeremiah 6:13 · Jeremiah 8:10 · Jeremiah 17:11 · Jeremiah 22:17 · Jeremiah 51:13 · Ezekiel 22:12,13 · Ezekiel 33:31 · Hosea 4:18 · Hosea 10:1 · Micah 2:2 · Micah 3:11 · Micah 7:3 · Habakkuk 1:15,16 · Habakkuk 2:5-9 · Haggai 1:6 · Malachi 1:10 · Matthew 6:19-21,24,25,31-33 · Matthew 13:22 · Matthew 16:26 · Matthew 19:23,24 · Matthew 22:1-14 · Mark 4:19 · Mark 7:21-23 · Luke 7:14 · Luke 12:15-21,33,34 · Luke 14:16-24 · Luke 18:24,25 · John 6:26,27 · Romans 1:29 · Romans 13:9 · 1 Corinthians 5:11 · 1 Corinthians 6:10 · Ephesians 5:3,5 · Colossians 3:2,5,6 · Philippians 3:18,19 · 1 Thessalonians 2:5 · 1 Timothy 3:3 · 1 Timothy 6:5-11,17 · 2 Timothy 3:2 · Titus 1:7,11 · Hebrews 13:5 · James 4:2,13-17 · 1 Peter 5:2 · 2 Peter 2:3,14-16 · 1 John 2:15-17 · Jude 1:11
See also: Avarice
See also: Rich
See also: Riches
See also: 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 31:7,15,41,42
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 2 Peter 2:15
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 15:8,9
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 Levites 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 21:12,13 · Luke 19:45,46 · John 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 26:15,16 · Mark 14:10,11 · Luke 22:3-6 · John 12:6
The unjust steward Luke 16:1-8
The Pharisees 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 19:24,27
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 also: Avarice
See also: Bribery
See also: Rich
See also: Riches
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