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 to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.Luke 14:17He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’Luke 14:18They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’Luke 14:19“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’Luke 14:20“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’Luke 14:21“That 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’Luke 14:22“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’Luke 14:23“The lord said to 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 tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’”Luke 16:1He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.Luke 16:2He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’Luke 16:3“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.Luke 16:4I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’Luke 16:5Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’Luke 16:6He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’Luke 16:7Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’Luke 16:8“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.Luke 18:24Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to 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 19:45He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,Luke 19:46saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”Luke 22:3Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered with the twelve.Luke 22:4He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them.Luke 22:5They were glad, and agreed to give him money.Luke 22:6He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.John 2:14He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.John 2:15He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew their tables.John 2:16To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”John 6:26Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.John 6:27Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”John 12:6Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.Acts 8:18Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,Acts 8:19saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”Acts 8:20But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!Acts 8:21You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.Acts 8:22Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.Acts 8:23For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”Acts 16:19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized 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 Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,Acts 19:27Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”Acts 24:26Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.Romans 1:29being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,Romans 13:9For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not give false testimony,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”1 Corinthians 5:11But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. Don’t even eat with such a person.1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.Ephesians 5:3But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;Ephesians 5:5Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has 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, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,Philippians 3:19whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.Colossians 3:2Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.Colossians 3:5Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;Colossians 3:6for which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.1 Thessalonians 2:5For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),1 Timothy 3:3not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;1 Timothy 6:5constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.1 Timothy 6:7For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out.1 Timothy 6:8But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.