Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning

Exd 18:21; 20:17; Deu 5:21; Neh 5:7; Job 20:15; 31:24, 25, 28; Psa 10:3; 119:36; Pro 1:19; 11:24, 26; 15:27; 21:25, 26; 22:16; 23:4, 5; 30:8, 9; Ecc 1:2-8; 4:8; 5:10, 11; Isa 1:23; 5:8; 56:11; 57:17; Jer 6:13; 8:10; 17:11; 22:17; 51:13; Eze 22:12, 13; 33:31; Hsa 4:18; 10:1; Mic 2:2; 3:11; 7:3; Hab 1:15, 16; 2:5-9; Hag 1:6; Mal 1:10; Mat 6:19-21, 24, 25, 31-33; 13:22; 16:26; 19:23, 24; 22:1-14; Mar 4:19; 7:21-23; Luk 7:14; 12:15-21, 33, 34; 14:16-24; 18:24, 25; Jhn 6:26, 27; Rom 1:29; 13:9; 1Cr 5:11; 6:10; Eph 5:3, 5; Col 3:2, 5, 6; Phl 3:18, 19; 1Th 2:5; 1Ti 3:3; 6:5-11, 17; 2Ti 3:2; Tts 1:7, 11; Hbr 13:5; Jam 4:2, 13-17; 1Pe 5:2; 2Pe 2:3, 14-16; 1Jo 2:15-17; Jud 1:11

Covetousness: References Concerning

See AVARICE; RICH; RICHES; WORLDLINESS.

Covetousness: Instances Of

Eve, in desiring the forbidden fruit,

Gen 3:6.

Lot, in choosing the plain of the Jordan,

Gen 13:10-13.

Laban, in giving Rebekah to be Isaac's wife,

Gen 24:29-51;

in deceiving Jacob when he served him seven years for Rachel,

Gen 29:15-30;

in deceiving Jacob in wages,

Gen 31:7, 15, 41, 42.

Jacob, in defrauding Esau of his father's blessing,

Gen 27:6-29;

in defrauding Laban of his flocks and herds,

Gen 30:35-43;

in buying Esau's birthright,

Gen 25:31.

Balaam, in loving the wages of unrighteousness,

2Pe 2:15; with Num 22.

Achan, in hiding the treasure,

Jos 7:21.

Eli's sons, in taking the flesh of the sacrifice,

1Sa 2:13-17.

Samuel's sons, in taking bribes,

1Sa 8:3.

Saul, in sparing, Agag and the booty,

1Sa 15:8, 9.

David, of Bath-sheba,

2Sa 11:2-5.

Ahab, in desiring Naboth's vineyard,

1Ki 21:2-16.

Gehazi, in taking a gift from Naaman,

2Ki 5:20-27.

Some Jews, in exacting usury from their brethren,

Neh 5:1-11;

in keeping back the portion of the Levites,

Neh 13:10;

in building fine houses while the house of the Lord lay waste,

Hag 1:4-9;

in following Jesus merely for the loaves and fish,

Jhn 6:26.

Money-changers in the temple,

Mat 21:12, 13; Luk 19:45, 46; Jhn 2:14-16.

The rich young ruler,

Mat 19:16-22.

The rich fool,

Luk 12:15-21.

Judas, in betraying Jesus for twenty pieces of silver,

Mat 26:15, 16; Mar 14:10, 11; Luk 22:3-6; Jhn 12:6.

The unjust steward,

Luk 16:1-8.

The Pharisees,

Luk 16:14.

Simon Magus, in trying to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit,

Act 8:18-23.

The sorcerers, in filing complaint against Paul and Silas,

Act 16:19.

Demetrius, in raising a riot against Paul and Silas,

Act 19:24, 27.

Festus, in hoping for a bribe from Paul,

Act 24:26.

Demas in forsaking Paul for love of the world,

2Ti 4:10.

See AVARICE; BRIBERY; RICH; RICHES.