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Covetousness

General scriptures concerning—Ex 18:21; 20:17; De 5:21; Ne 5:7; Job 20:15; 31:24,25,28; Ps 10:3; 119:36; Pr 1:19; 11:24,26; 15:27; 21:25,26; 22:16; 23:4,5; 30:8,9; Ec 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; Ho 4:18; 10:1; Mic 2:2; 3:11; 7:3; Hab 1:15,16; 2:5-9; Hag 1:6; Mal 1:10; Mt 6:19-21,24,25,31-33; 13:22; 16:26; 19:23,24; 22:1-14; Mr 4:19; 7:21-23; Lu 7:14; 12:15-21,33,34; 14:16-24; 18:24,25; Joh 6:26,27; Ro 1:29; 13:9; 1Co 5:11; 6:10; Eph 5:3,5; Col 3:2,5,6; Php 3:18,19; 1Th 2:5; 1Ti 3:3; 6:5-11,17; 2Ti 3:2; Tit 1:7,11; Heb 13:5; Jas 4:2,13-17; 1Pe 5:2; 2Pe 2:3,14-16; 1Jo 2:15-17; Jude 1:11

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INSTANCES OF

• Eve, in desiring the forbidden fruit
• —Ge 3:6
• Lot, in choosing the plain of the Jordan
• —Ge 13:10-13
• Laban
• • In giving Rebekah to be Isaac's wife
  —Ge 24:29-51
  • In deceiving Jacob when he served him seven years for
  Rachel—Ge 29:15-30
  • In deceiving Jacob in wages
  —Ge 31:7,15,41,42
• Jacob
• • In defrauding Esau of his, father's blessing
  —Ge 27:6-29
  • In defrauding Laban of his flocks and herds
  —Ge 30:35-43
  • In buying Esau's birthright
  —Ge 25:31
• Balaam, in loving the wages of unrighteousness
• —2Pe 2:15; with Nu 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
  —Ne 5:1-11
  • In keeping back the portion of the Levites
  —Ne 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
  —Joh 6:26
• Money-changers in the temple
• —Mt 21:12,13; Lu 19:45,46; Joh 2:14-16
• The rich young ruler
• —Mt 19:16-22
• The rich fool
• —Lu 12:15-21
• Judas, in betraying Jesus for twenty pieces of silver
• —Mt 26:15,16; Mr 14:10,11; Lu 22:3-6; Joh 12:6
• The unjust steward
• —Lu 16:1-8
• The Pharisees
• —Lu 16:14
• Simon Magus, in trying to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit
• —Ac 8:18-23
• The sorcerers, in filing complaint against Paul and Silas
• —Ac 16:19
• Demetrius, in raising a riot against Paul and Silas
• —Ac 19:24,27
• Festus, in hoping for a bribe from Paul
• —Ac 24:26
• Demas in forsaking Paul for love of the world
• —2Ti 4:10
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