TOPICAL BIBLE
Covetousness
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Luke 12:34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.Luke 14:16Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:Luke 14:17And sent 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 piece of ground, and I must needs go 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 14:21So that servant came, and shewed 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 the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.Luke 14:22And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.Luke 14:23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.Luke 14:24For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.Luke 16:1And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.Luke 16:2And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.Luke 16:3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot 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 16:5So he called every one of his lord’s debtors [unto him], and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?Luke 16:6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.Luke 16:7Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.Luke 16:8And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.Luke 16:14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.Luke 18:24And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!Luke 18:25For 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.Luke 19:45And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;Luke 19:46Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.Luke 22:3Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.Luke 22:4And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.Luke 22:5And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.Luke 22:6And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.John 2:14And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:John 2:15And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;John 2:16And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.John 6:26Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.John 12:6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.Acts 8:18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,Acts 8:19Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.Acts 8:20But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.Acts 8:21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.Acts 8:22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.Acts 8:23For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and [in] the bond of iniquity.Acts 16:19And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew [them] into the marketplace unto the rulers,Acts 19:24For a certain [man] named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;Acts 19:27So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.Acts 24:26He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.Romans 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,Romans 13:9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.1 Corinthians 5:11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an 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 be once named among you, as becometh saints;Ephesians 5:5For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.Philippians 3:18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:Philippians 3:19Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)Colossians 3:2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.Colossians 3:5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:Colossians 3:6For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:1 Thessalonians 2:5For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God [is] witness:1 Timothy 3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;1 Timothy 6:5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.1 Timothy 6:7For we brought nothing into [this] world, [and it is] certain we can carry nothing out.1 Timothy 6:8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.