Bible Concordances
Covetousness

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• Comes from the heart
  Mark 7:22,23

• Engrosses the heart
  Ezekiel 33:31; 2 Peter 2:14

• Is idolatry
  Ephesians 5:5; Colossians 3:5

• Is the root of all evil
  1 Timothy 6:10

• Is never satisfied
  Ecclesiastes 5:10; Habakkuk 2:5

• Is vanity
  Psalm 39:6; Ecclesiastes 4:8

• IS INCONSISTENT
  • In saints
    Ephesians 5:3; Hebrews 13:5
  • Specially in ministers
    1 Timothy 3:3

• LEADS TO
  • Injustice and oppression
    Proverbs 28:20; Micah 2:2
  • Foolish and hurtful lusts
    1 Timothy 6:9
  • Departure from the faith
    1 Timothy 6:10
  • Lying
    2 Kings 5:22-25
  • Murder
    Proverbs 1:18,19; Ezekiel 22:12
  • Theft
    Joshua 7:21
  • Poverty
    Proverbs 28:22
  • Misery
    1 Timothy 6:10
  • Domestic affliction
    Proverbs 15:27

• Abhorred by God
  Psalm 10:3

• Forbidden
  Exodus 20:17

• A characteristic of the wicked
  Romans 1:29

• A characteristic of the slothful
  Proverbs 21:26

• Commended by the wicked alone
  Psalm 10:3

• Hated by saints
  Exodus 18:21; Acts 20:33

• To be mortified by saints
  Colossians 3:5

• Woe denounced against
  Isaiah 5:8; Habakkuk 2:9

• Punishment of
  Job 20:15; Isaiah 57:17; Jeremiah 22:17-19; Micah 2:2,3

• Excludes from heaven
  1 Corinthians 6:10; Ephesians 5:5

• Beware of
  Luke 12:15

• Avoid those guilty of
  1 Corinthians 5:11

• Pray against
  Psalm 119:36

• Reward of those who hate
  Proverbs 28:16

• Shall abound in the last days
  2 Timothy 3:2; 2 Peter 2:1-3

• Exemplified
  • Laban
    Genesis 31:41
  • Achan
    Joshua 7:21
  • Eli's sons
    1 Samuel 2:12-14
  • Samuel's sons
    1 Samuel 8:3
  • Saul
    1 Samuel 15:9,19
  • Ahab
    1 Kings 21:2-4
  • Gehazi
    2 Kings 5:20-24
  • Nobles of the Jews
    Nehemiah 5:7; Isaiah 1:23
  • Jewish people
    Isaiah 56:11; Jeremiah 6:13
  • Babylon
    Jeremiah 51:13
  • Young man
    Matthew 19:22
  • Judas
    Matthew 26:14,15; John 12:6
  • Pharisees
    Luke 16:14
  • Ananias &c
    Acts 5:1-10
  • Felix
    Acts 24:26
  • Balaam
    2 Peter 2:15; Jude 1:11