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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Exodus 18:21

Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Exodus 20:17

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Deuteronomy 5:21

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Nehemiah 5:7

and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Job 20:15

He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Job 31:24, 25, 28

If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, / if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much, / this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 10:3

For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 119:36

Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 1:19

Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 11:24, 26

One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. / The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 21:25, 26

The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work. / All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 22:16

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 23:4, 5

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. / When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 30:8, 9

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion. / Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Ecclesiastes 1:2–8

“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!” / What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun? / Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Ecclesiastes 5:10, 11

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. / When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Isaiah 5:8

Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Isaiah 56:11

Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Isaiah 57:17

I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Jeremiah 6:13

“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Jeremiah 17:11

Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Jeremiah 51:13

You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Ezekiel 22:12, 13

In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. / Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Ezekiel 33:31

So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Hosea 4:18

When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Hosea 10:1

Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Micah 3:11

Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Micah 7:3

Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Habakkuk 1:15, 16

The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly. / Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Habakkuk 2:5–9

and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own. / Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’ / Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Haggai 1:6

You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Malachi 1:10

“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 6:19–21, 24, 25, 31–33

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 13:22

The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 16:26

What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 19:23, 24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. / Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 22:1–14

Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables: / “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. / He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Mark 4:19

but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Mark 7:21–23

For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 7:14

Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 12:15–21, 33, 34

And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” / Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. / So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 14:16–24

But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests. / When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ / But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 18:24, 25

Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! / Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning John 6:26, 27

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. / Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Romans 1:29

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Romans 13:9

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Corinthians 5:11

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Ephesians 5:3, 5

But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. / For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Colossians 3:2, 5, 6

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. / Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Philippians 3:18, 19

For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. / Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Thessalonians 2:5

As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Timothy 3:3

not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Timothy 6:5–11, 17

and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain. / Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain. / For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Timothy 3:2

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Titus 1:7, 11

As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money. / who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning James 4:2, 13–17

You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. / Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” / Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Peter 5:2

Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Peter 2:3, 14–16

In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. / Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed. / But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 John 2:15–17

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Jude 1:11

Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

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