TOPICAL BIBLE
Covetousness
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Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!Haggai 1:4Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?Haggai 1:5Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.Haggai 1:6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.Haggai 1:7Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.Haggai 1:8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.Haggai 1:9Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.Malachi 1:10Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal :Matthew 6:20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal :Matthew 6:21for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?Matthew 6:31Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?Matthew 6:32For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.Matthew 6:33But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.Matthew 13:22And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.Matthew 16:26For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?Matthew 19:16And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?Matthew 19:17And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.Matthew 19:18He saith unto him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,Matthew 19:19Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.Matthew 19:20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet?Matthew 19:21Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.Matthew 19:22But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was one that had great possessions.Matthew 19:23And Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 19:24And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.Matthew 21:12And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves;Matthew 21:13and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer : but ye make it a den of robbers.Matthew 22:1And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying,Matthew 22:2The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,Matthew 22:3and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.Matthew 22:4Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.Matthew 22:5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise;Matthew 22:6and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.Matthew 22:7But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.Matthew 22:8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.Matthew 22:9Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.Matthew 22:10And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.Matthew 22:11But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment :Matthew 22:12and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.Matthew 22:13Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.Matthew 22:14For many are called, but few chosen.Matthew 26:15and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.Matthew 26:16And from that time he sought opportunity to deliver him unto them.Mark 4:19and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,Mark 7:22covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:Mark 7:23all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.Mark 14:10And Judas Iscariot, he that was one of the twelve, went away unto the chief priests, that he might deliver him unto them.Mark 14:11And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him unto them.Luke 7:14And he came nigh and touched the bier: and the bearers stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.Luke 12:15And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.Luke 12:16And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:Luke 12:17and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?Luke 12:18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.Luke 12:20But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?Luke 12:21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.Luke 12:33Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.