Bible Concordances
Covetousness
Nave's Topical Bible
- General scriptures concerning
Exodus 18:21; 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21; Nehemiah 5:7; Job 20:15; 31:24,25,28; Psalm 10:3; 119:36; Proverbs 1:19; 11:24,26; 15:27; 21:25,26; 22:16; 23:4,5; 30:8,9; Ecclesiastes 1:2-8; 4:8; 5:10,11; Isaiah 1:23; 5:8; 56:11; 57:17; Jeremiah 6:13; 8:10; 17:11; 22:17; 51:13; Ezekiel 22:12,13; 33:31; Hosea 4:18; 10:1; Micah 2:2; 3:11; 7:3; Habakkuk 1:15,16; 2:5-9; Haggai 1:6; Malachi 1:10; Matthew 6:19-21,24,25,31-33; 13:22; 16:26; 19:23,24; 22:1-14; Mark 4:19; 7:21-23; Luke 7:14; 12:15-21,33,34; 14:16-24; 18:24,25; John 6:26,27; Romans 1:29; 13:9; 1 Corinthians 5:11; 6:10; Ephesians 5:3,5; Colossians 3:2,5,6; Philippians 3:18,19; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 1 Timothy 3:3; 6:5-11,17; 2 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:7,11; Hebrews 13:5; James 4:2,13-17; 1 Peter 5:2; 2 Peter 2:3,14-16; 1 John 2:15-17; Jude 1:11
- See AVARICE
- See RICH
- See RICHES
- See WORLDLINESS
- INSTANCES OF
- Eve, in desiring the forbidden fruit
Genesis 3:6 - Lot, in choosing the plain of the Jordan
Genesis 13:10-13 - Laban
- In giving Rebekah to be Isaac's wife
Genesis 24:29-51 - In deceiving Jacob when he served him seven years for Rachel
Genesis 29:15-30 - In deceiving Jacob in wages
Genesis 31:7,15,41,42
- Jacob
- In defrauding Esau of his, father's blessing
Genesis 27:6-29 - In defrauding Laban of his flocks and herds
Genesis 30:35-43 - In buying Esau's birthright
Genesis 25:31
- Balaam, in loving the wages of unrighteousness
2 Peter 2:15; Numbers 22 - Achan, in hiding the treasure
Joshua 7:21 - Eli's sons, in taking the flesh of the sacrifice
1 Samuel 2:13-17 - Samuel's sons, in taking bribes
1 Samuel 8:3 - Saul, in sparing, Agag and the booty
1 Samuel 15:8,9 - David, of Bath-sheba
2 Samuel 11:2-5 - Ahab, in desiring Naboth's vineyard
1 Kings 21:2-16 - Gehazi, in taking a gift from Naaman
2 Kings 5:20-27 - Some Jews
- In exacting usury from their brethren
Nehemiah 5:1-11 - In keeping back the portion of the Levites
Nehemiah 13:10 - In building fine houses while the house of the Lord lay Waste
Haggai 1:4-9 - In following Jesus merely for the loaves and fish
John 6:26
- Money-changers in the temple
Matthew 21:12,13; Luke 19:45,46; John 2:14-16 - The rich young ruler
Matthew 19:16-22 - The rich fool
Luke 12:15-21 - Judas, in betraying Jesus for twenty pieces of silver
Matthew 26:15,16; Mark 14:10,11; Luke 22:3-6; John 12:6 - The unjust steward
Luke 16:1-8 - The Pharisees
Luke 16:14 - Simon Magus, in trying to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit
Acts 8:18-23 - The sorcerers, in filing complaint against Paul and Silas
Acts 16:19 - Demetrius, in raising a riot against Paul and Silas
Acts 19:24,27 - Festus, in hoping for a bribe from Paul
Acts 24:26 - Demas in forsaking Paul for love of the world
2 Timothy 4:10 - See AVARICE
- See BRIBERY
- See RICH
- See RICHES
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Bibliography Information
Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Covetousness'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ntb/​c/covetousness.html. 1896.