TOPICAL BIBLE
Covetousness
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Genesis 29:22and Laban gathereth all the men of the place, and maketh a banquet.Genesis 29:23And it cometh to pass in the evening, that he taketh Leah, his daughter, and bringeth her in unto him, and he goeth in unto her;Genesis 29:24and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.Genesis 29:25And it cometh to pass in the morning, that lo, it is Leah; and he saith unto Laban, ‘What is this thou hast done to me? for Rachel have I not served with thee? and why hast thou deceived me?’Genesis 29:26And Laban saith, ‘It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first-born;Genesis 29:27fulfil the week of this one, and we give to thee also this one, for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years.’Genesis 29:28And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife;Genesis 29:29and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her.Genesis 29:30And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years.Genesis 30:35and he turneth aside during that day the ring-streaked and the spotted he-goats, and all the speckled and the spotted she-goats, every one that hath white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he giveth into the hand of his sons,Genesis 30:36and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.Genesis 30:37And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that is on the rods,Genesis 30:38and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink;Genesis 30:39and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted ones.Genesis 30:40And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-streaked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban’s flock.Genesis 30:41And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,Genesis 30:42and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set them; and the feeble ones have been Laban’s, and the strong ones Jacob’s.Genesis 30:43And the man increaseth very exceedingly, and hath many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.Genesis 31:7and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.Genesis 31:15have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money;Genesis 31:41This is to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;Genesis 31:42unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.’Exodus 18:21And thou—thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed these over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,Exodus 20:17Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which is thy neighbour’s.’Deuteronomy 5:21Thou dost not desire thy neighbour’s wife; nor dost thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, and his man-servant, and his handmaid, his ox, and his ass, and anything which is thy neighbour’s.Joshua 7:21and I see among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one wedge of gold, whose weight is fifty shekels, and I desire them, and take them; and lo, they are hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.’1 Samuel 2:13And the custom of the priests with the people is: any man sacrificing a sacrifice—then hath the servant of the priest come in when the flesh is boiling, and the hook of three teeth in his hand,1 Samuel 2:14and hath struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the hook bringeth up doth the priest take for himself; thus they do to all Israel who are coming in, there, in Shiloh.1 Samuel 2:15Also before they make perfume with the fat—then hath the priest’s servant come in, and said to the man who is sacrificing, ‘Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he doth not take of thee flesh boiled, but raw;’1 Samuel 2:16and the man saith unto him, ‘Let them surely make a perfume (as to-day) with the fat, then take to thee as thy soul desireth;’ and he hath said to him, ‘Surely now thou dost give; and if not—I have taken by strength.’1 Samuel 2:17And the sin of the young men is very great in the presence of Jehovah, for the men have despised the offering of Jehovah.1 Samuel 8:3and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment.1 Samuel 15:8and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword;1 Samuel 15:9and Saul hath pity—also the people—on Agag, and on the best of the flock, and of the herd, and of the seconds, and on the lambs, and on all that is good, and have not been willing to devote them; and all the work, despised and wasted—it they devoted.2 Samuel 11:2and it cometh to pass, at evening-time, that David riseth from off his couch, and walketh up and down on the roof of the king’s house, and seeth from the roof a woman bathing, and the woman is of very good appearance,2 Samuel 11:3and David sendeth and inquireth about the woman, and saith, ‘Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?’2 Samuel 11:4And David sendeth messengers, and taketh her, and she cometh unto him, and he lieth with her—and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness—and she turneth back unto her house;2 Samuel 11:5and the woman conceiveth, and sendeth, and declareth to David, and saith, ‘I am conceiving.’1 Kings 21:2and Ahab speaketh unto Naboth, saying, ‘Give to me thy vineyard, and it is to me for a garden of green herbs, for it is near by my house, and I give to thee in its stead a better vineyard than it; if good in thine eyes, I give to thee silver—its price.’1 Kings 21:3And Naboth saith unto Ahab, ‘Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee;’1 Kings 21:4and Ahab cometh in unto his house, sulky and wroth, because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite hath spoken unto him when he saith, ‘I do not give to thee the inheritance of my fathers,’ and he lieth down on his bed, and turneth round his face, and hath not eaten bread.1 Kings 21:5And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, ‘What is this?—thy spirit sulky, and thou art not eating bread!’1 Kings 21:6And he saith unto her, ‘Because I speak unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and say to him, Give to me thy vineyard for money, or if thou desire, I give to thee a vineyard in its stead; and he saith, I do not give to thee my vineyard.’1 Kings 21:7And Jezebel his wife saith unto him, ‘Thou now dost execute rule over Israel! rise, eat bread, and let thy heart be glad,—I do give to thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.’1 Kings 21:8And she writeth letters in the name of Ahab, and sealeth with his seal, and sendeth the letters unto the elders, and unto the freemen, who are in his city, those dwelling with Naboth,1 Kings 21:9and she writeth in the letters, saying, ‘Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,1 Kings 21:10and cause two men—sons of worthlessness—to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.’1 Kings 21:11And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath sent unto them, as written in the letters that she sent unto them,1 Kings 21:12they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people,1 Kings 21:13and two men—sons of worthlessness—come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, ‘Naboth blessed God and Melech;’ and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;1 Kings 21:14and they send unto Jezebel, saying, ‘Naboth was stoned, and is dead.’1 Kings 21:15And it cometh to pass, at Jezebel’s hearing that Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead, that Jezebel saith unto Ahab, ‘Rise, possess the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, that he refused to give to thee for money, for Naboth is not alive but dead.’1 Kings 21:16And it cometh to pass, at Ahab’s hearing that Naboth is dead, that Ahab riseth to go down unto the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to possess it.2 Kings 5:20And Gehazi, servant of Elisha the man of God, saith, ‘Lo, my lord hath spared Naaman this Aramaean, not to receive from his hand that which he brought; Jehovah liveth; surely if I have run after him, then I have taken from him something.’2 Kings 5:21And Gehazi pursueth after Naaman, and Naaman seeth one running after him, and alighteth from off the chariot to meet him, and saith, ‘Is there peace?’2 Kings 5:22And he saith, ‘Peace; my lord hath sent me, saying, Lo, now, this, come unto me have two young men from the hill-country of Ephraim, of the sons of the prophets; give, I pray thee, to them, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.’2 Kings 5:23And Naaman saith, ‘Be pleased, take two talents;’ and he urgeth on him, and bindeth two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of garments, and giveth unto two of his young men, and they bear before him;2 Kings 5:24and he cometh in unto the high place, and taketh out of their hand, and layeth up in the house, and sendeth away the men, and they go.2 Kings 5:25And he hath come in, and doth stand by his lord, and Elisha saith unto him, ‘Whence—Gehazi?’ and he saith, ‘Thy servant went not hither or thither.’2 Kings 5:26And he saith unto him, ‘My heart went not when the man turned from off his chariot to meet thee; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and men-servants, and maid-servants?