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covetousness
1. It draws men to covetousness
2. 15And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life
3. Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye
4. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them
5. Walking hand in hand with covetousness
6. Jer 22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it
7. 36 Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness
8. but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days
9. iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid myself, and was angry, and he went on corruptly in the way of his
10. Negative actions to be abandoned are killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, divisive speech, harsh speech, idle gossip, covetousness, malice, and wrong views of reality
11. 17 But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for to shed innocent
12. and the measure of your covetousness
13. 9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, so that he may
14. 11 In the covetousness of such as oppressed him she stood by him, and made him rich
15. In the last phase of verse 7 Paul uses covetousness as an illustration
16. 50 And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing
17. 20 Now those who were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for money through
18. prosperity; covetousness; pride; hard thoughts of
19. God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers
20. Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee
21. Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! (Hab
22. 50 And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority increasing in malice and being a great traitor to the citizens
23. 20 Now those who were with Simon being led with covetousness were persuaded for money through certain of those who were in the castle and took seventy thousand drachms and let some of them escape
24. 15 He said to them "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses
25. Mark 7:18-23 Are you all without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever thing from outside enters into the man cannot defile him because it enters not into his heart but into the belly and it goes out into the drain purifying all the foods? That which comes out of man defiles the man because evil thoughts proceed from the inside out from the heart of men - adulteries fornications murders thefts covetousness wickedness deceit hedonistic lust a perverted observation blasphemy pride foolishness: All these evil things come from the inside and defile the man;
26. Luke 12:14-30 Man who made Me a judge or a distributor for you? take heed and beware of covetousness because a man’s life does not consist of the abundance of things which he possesses
27. And let the presbyters be compassionate and merciful to all bringing back those that wander visiting all the sick and not neglecting the widow the orphan or the poor but always “providing for that which is becoming in the sight of God and man”; abstaining from all wrath respect of persons and unjust judgment; keeping far off from all covetousness not quickly crediting an evil report against any one not severe in judgment as knowing that we are all under a debt of sin
28. I exhort you therefore that you abstain from covetousness and that you be chaste and truthful
29. For if a man cannot govern himself in such matters how shall he enjoin them on others? If a man does not keep himself from covetousness he shall be defiled by idolatry and shall be judged as one of the heathen
30. 5 And how will this be beloved? If our mind be established by faith toward God; if we seek out what is pleasant and acceptable in his sight; if we perform such things as harmonize with his blameless will and follow in the way of truth casting from us all unrighteousness and lawlessness covetousness strife malice and fraud whispering and evil speaking hatred of God pride and insolence vainglory and churlishness
31. but he that hateth covetousness
32. 17 Jesus frequently warned his listeners against covetousness, declaring that "a man's happiness consists not in the abundance of his material possessions
33. Driven by covetousness and greed
34. Said Jesus: "Man, who made me a divider over you? Where did you get the idea that I give attention to the material affairs of this world?" And then, turning to all who were about him, he said: "Take heed and keep yourselves free from covetousness; a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he may possess
35. 4 Jesus thus dealt with the young man and his inheritance because he knew that his trouble was covetousness
36. There is a great difference between wealth which leads to covetousness and selfishness and that which is held and dispensed in the spirit of stewardship by those who have an abundance of this world's goods, and who so bountifully contribute to the support of those who devote all their energies to the work of the kingdom
37. How carefully you cleanse the outside of the cups and the platters while the spiritual-food vessels are filthy and polluted! You make sure to present a pious and holy appearance to the people, but your inner souls are filled with self-righteousness, covetousness, extortion, and all manner of spiritual wickedness
38. into piggish desire, giving into the sin of covetousness for what
39. brand of greedy covetousness that always morphs into an
40. the sin of covetousness consumed the sub-humans,
41. but their covetousness swelled
42. Then the covetousness of the subhumans
43. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet
44. “Let your conduct be without covetousness, and be content with such things as you have
45. The very first verse says it all when it tells us that our conduct in this life should be without any type of covetousness, and that we should learn how to be perfectly content with what we already do have in the Lord
46. And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses
47. · Beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consists in the abundance of things he possesses
48. Look where we will, we see confusion, quarrels, wars between nations, helplessness of statesmen, discontent and grumbling of the lower classes, excessive luxury among the rich, extreme poverty among the poor, intemperance, impurity, dishonesty, swindling, lying, cheating, covetousness, heathenism, superstition, formality among Christians, decay of vital religion,�these are the things which we see continually over the whole globe, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America
49. Here's his yoke; then he said to them: “watch and keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life is not in the abundance of the things which he possesses”
50. In other words, covetousness is the chief
