TOPICAL BIBLE
Covetousness
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2 Kings 5:27The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.Nehemiah 5:1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.Nehemiah 5:2For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.Nehemiah 5:3Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.Nehemiah 5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.Nehemiah 5:5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.Nehemiah 5:6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.Nehemiah 5:7Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and therulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.Nehemiah 5:8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.Nehemiah 5:9Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?Nehemiah 5:10And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.Nehemiah 5:11Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.Nehemiah 13:10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.Job 20:15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;Job 31:25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;Job 31:28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.Psalm 10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.Psalm 119:36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.Proverbs 11:24There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.Proverbs 11:26He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.Proverbs 15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.Proverbs 21:25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.Proverbs 21:26There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.Proverbs 23:4Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.Proverbs 30:8Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:Proverbs 30:9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.Ecclesiastes 1:2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.Ecclesiastes 1:3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?Ecclesiastes 1:4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.Ecclesiastes 1:5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.Ecclesiastes 1:6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.Ecclesiastes 1:7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.Ecclesiastes 4:8There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.Ecclesiastes 5:10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.Ecclesiastes 5:11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes?Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.Isaiah 5:8Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!Isaiah 56:11Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.Isaiah 57:17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid my face and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.Jeremiah 6:13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.Jeremiah 8:10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.Jeremiah 17:11As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.Jeremiah 51:13O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.Hosea 4:18Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.Hosea 10:1Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly pillars.Micah 2:2And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.Micah 3:11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.Micah 7:3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.Habakkuk 1:15He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.Habakkuk 1:16Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.Habakkuk 2:5Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!Habakkuk 2:7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?Habakkuk 2:8Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.