TOPICAL BIBLE
Covetousness
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Luke 12:34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.Luke 14:16But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:Luke 14:17and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.Luke 14:18And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.Luke 14:19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.Luke 14:20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.Luke 14:21And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.Luke 14:22And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.Luke 14:23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.Luke 14:24For I say unto you, that none of those men that were bidden shall taste of my supper.Luke 16:1And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods.Luke 16:2And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.Luke 16:3And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.Luke 16:4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.Luke 16:5And calling to him each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?Luke 16:6And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty.Luke 16:7Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith unto him, Take thy bond, and write fourscore.Luke 16:8And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.Luke 16:14And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.Luke 18:24And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!Luke 18:25For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.Luke 19:45And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold,Luke 19:46saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.Luke 22:3And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.Luke 22:4And he went away, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver him unto them.Luke 22:5And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.Luke 22:6And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.John 2:14And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:John 2:15and he made a scourge of cords, and cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew their tables;John 2:16and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise.John 6:26Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.John 6:27Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.John 12:6Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.Acts 8:18Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,Acts 8:19saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.Acts 8:20But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.Acts 8:21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God.Acts 8:22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.Acts 8:23For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.Acts 16:19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,Acts 19:24For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no little business unto the craftsmen;Acts 19:27and not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana be made of no account, and that she should even be deposed from her magnificence whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.Acts 24:26He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.Romans 1:29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,Romans 13:9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.1 Corinthians 5:11but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.Ephesians 5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;Ephesians 5:5For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.Philippians 3:18For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:Philippians 3:19whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.Colossians 3:2Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.Colossians 3:5Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;Colossians 3:6for which things’ sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience:1 Thessalonians 2:5For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;1 Timothy 3:3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;1 Timothy 6:5wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain:1 Timothy 6:7for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out;1 Timothy 6:8but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.