TOPICAL BIBLE
Covetousness
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Luke 12:34for where your treasure is, there also your heart will be.Luke 14:16and he said to him, ‘A certain man made a great supper, and called many,Luke 14:17and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.Luke 14:18‘And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.Luke 14:19‘And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:Luke 14:20and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.Luke 14:21‘And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.Luke 14:22‘And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.Luke 14:23‘And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;Luke 14:24for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.’Luke 16:1And he said also unto his disciples, ‘A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;Luke 16:2and having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.Luke 16:3‘And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed:—Luke 16:4I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.Luke 16:5‘And having called near each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?Luke 16:6and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.Luke 16:7‘Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.Luke 16:8‘And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.Luke 16:14And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,Luke 18:24And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, ‘How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God!Luke 18:25for it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to enter, than for a rich man into the reign of God to enter.’Luke 19:45And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,Luke 19:46saying to them, ‘It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer—but ye made it a den of robbers.’Luke 22:3And the Adversary entered into Judas, who is surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve,Luke 22:4and he, having gone away, spake with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might deliver him up to them,Luke 22:5and they rejoiced, and covenanted to give him money,Luke 22:6and he agreed, and was seeking a favourable season to deliver him up to them without tumult.John 2:14and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting,John 2:15and having made a whip of small cords, he put all forth out of the temple, also the sheep, and the oxen; and of the money-changers he poured out the coins, and the tables he overthrew,John 2:16and to those selling the doves he said, ‘Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.’John 6:26Jesus answered them and said, ‘Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were satisfied;John 6:27work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal—even God.’John 12:6and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.Acts 8:18And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Spirit is given, brought before them money,Acts 8:19saying, ‘Give also to me this authority, that on whomsoever I may lay the hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.’Acts 8:20And Peter said unto him, ‘Thy silver with thee—may it be to destruction! because the gift of God thou didst think to possess through money;Acts 8:21thou hast neither part nor lot in this thing, for thy heart is not right before God;Acts 8:22reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee,Acts 8:23for in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness, I perceive thee being.’Acts 16:19And her masters having seen that the hope of their employment was gone, having caught Paul and Silas, drew them to the market-place, unto the rulers,Acts 19:24for a certain one, Demetrius by name, a worker in silver, making silver sanctuaries of Artemis, was bringing to the artificers gain not a little,Acts 19:27and not only is this department in danger for us of coming into disregard, but also, that of the great goddess Artemis the temple is to be reckoned for nothing, and also her greatness is about to be brought down, whom all Asia and the world doth worship.’Acts 24:26and at the same time also hoping that money shall be given to him by Paul, that he may release him, therefore, also sending for him the oftener, he was conversing with him;Romans 1:29having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,Romans 13:9for, ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;’ and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;’1 Corinthians 5:11and now, I did write to you not to keep company with him, if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—with such a one not even to eat together;1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.Ephesians 5:3and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;Ephesians 5:5for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.Philippians 3:18for many walk of whom many times I told you—and now also weeping tell—the enemies of the cross of the Christ!Philippians 3:19whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.Colossians 3:2the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,Colossians 3:5Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth—whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry—Colossians 3:6because of which things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,1 Thessalonians 2:5for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God is witness!)1 Timothy 3:3not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,1 Timothy 6:5wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;1 Timothy 6:6but it is great gain—the piety with contentment;1 Timothy 6:7for nothing did we bring into the world—it is manifest that we are able to carry nothing out;1 Timothy 6:8but having food and raiment—with these we shall suffice ourselves;