Covetousness
44 references
- General scriptures concerning Exod. 18:21; 20:17; Deut. 5:21; Neh. 5:7; Job 20:15; 31:24,25,28; Ps. 10:3; 119:36; Prov. 1:19; 11:24,26; 15:27; 21:25,26; 22:16; 23:4,5; 30:8,9; Eccl. 1:2-8; 4:8; 5:10,11; Isa. 1:23; 5:8; 56:11; 57:17; Jer. 6:13; 8:10; 17:11; 22:17; 51:13; Ezek. 22:12,13; 33:31; Hos. 4:18; 10:1; Mic. 2:2; 3:11; 7:3; Hab. 1:15,16; 2:5-9; Hag. 1:6; Mal. 1:10; Matt. 6:19-21,24,25,31-33; 13:22; 16:26; 19:23,24; 22:1-14; Mark 4:19; 7:21-23; Luke 7:14; 12:15-21,33,34; 14:16-24; 18:24,25; John 6:26,27; Rom. 1:29; 13:9; 1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10; Eph. 5:3,5; Col. 3:2,5,6; Phil. 3:18,19; 1 Thess. 2:5; 1 Tim. 3:3; 6:5-11,17; 2 Tim. 3:2; Titus 1:7,11; Heb. 13:5; Jas. 4:2,13-17; 1 Pet. 5:2; 2 Pet. 2:3,14-16; 1 John 2:15-17; Jude 1:11
- See Avarice
- See RICH
- See Riches
- See Worldliness
- INSTANCES OF
- Eve, in desiring the forbidden fruit Gen. 3:6
- Lot, in choosing the plain of the Jordan Gen. 13:10-13
- Laban
- In giving Rebekah to be Isaac's wife Gen. 24:29-51
- In deceiving Jacob when he served him seven years for Rachel Gen. 29:15-30
- In deceiving Jacob in wages Gen. 31:7,15,41,42
- Jacob
- In defrauding Esau of his, father's blessing Gen. 27:6-29
- In defrauding Laban of his flocks and herds Gen. 30:35-43
- In buying Esau's birthright Gen. 25:31
- Balaam, in loving the wages of unrighteousness 2 Pet. 2:15; with Num. 22
- Achan, in hiding the treasure Josh. 7:21
- Eli's sons, in taking the flesh of the sacrifice 1 Sam. 2:13-17
- Samuel's sons, in taking bribes 1 Sam. 8:3
- Saul, in sparing, Agag and the booty 1 Sam. 15:8,9
- David, of Bath-sheba 2 Sam. 11:2-5
- Ahab, in desiring Naboth's vineyard 1 Kgs. 21:2-16
- Gehazi, in taking a gift from Naaman 2 Kgs. 5:20-27
- Some Jews
- In exacting usury from their brethren Neh. 5:1-11
- In keeping back the portion of the Levites Neh. 13:10
- In building fine houses while the house of the Lord lay waste Hag. 1:4-9
- In following Jesus merely for the loaves and fish John 6:26
- Money-changers in the temple Matt. 21:12,13; Luke 19:45,46; John 2:14-16
- The rich young ruler Matt. 19:16-22
- The rich fool Luke 12:15-21
- Judas, in betraying Jesus for twenty pieces of silver Matt. 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 Tim. 4:10
- See Avarice
- See Bribery
- See RICH
- See Riches
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.