Covetousness
Theme137 references96 chapters
Outline
- General scriptures concerning — Exodus 18:21; Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21; Nehemiah 5:7; Job 20:15; Job 31:24; Job 31:25; Job 31:28; Psalms 10:3; Psalms 119:36; Proverbs 1:19; Proverbs 11:24; Proverbs 11:26; Proverbs 15:27, and 78 more
- Eve, in desiring the forbidden fruit — Genesis 3:6
- Lot, in choosing the plain of the Jordan — Genesis 13:10
- In giving Rebekah to be Isaac's wife — Genesis 24:29
- In deceiving Jacob when he served him seven years for Rachel — Genesis 29:15
- In deceiving Jacob in wages — Genesis 31:7; Genesis 31:15; Genesis 31:41; Genesis 31:42
- In defrauding Esau of his, father's blessing — Genesis 27:6
- In defrauding Laban of his flocks and herds — Genesis 30:35
- In buying Esau's birthright — Genesis 25:31
- Balaam, in loving the wages of unrighteousness — 2 Peter 2:15
- Achan, in hiding the treasure — Joshua 7:21
- Eli's sons, in taking the flesh of the sacrifice — 1 Samuel 2:13
- Samuel's sons, in taking bribes — 1 Samuel 8:3
- Saul, in sparing, Agag and the booty — 1 Samuel 15:8; 1 Samuel 15:9
- David, of Bath-sheba — 2 Samuel 11:2
- Ahab, in desiring Naboth's vineyard — 1 Kings 21:2
- Gehazi, in taking a gift from Naaman — 2 Kings 5:20
- In exacting usury from their brethren — Nehemiah 5:1
- 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
- In following Jesus merely for the loaves and fish — John 6:26
- Money-changers in the temple — Matthew 21:12; Matthew 21:13; Luke 19:45; Luke 19:46; John 2:14
- The rich young ruler — Matthew 19:16
- The rich fool — Luke 12:15
- Judas, in betraying Jesus for twenty pieces of silver — Matthew 26:15; Matthew 26:16; Mark 14:10; Mark 14:11; Luke 22:3; John 12:6
- The unjust steward — Luke 16:1
- The Pharisees — Luke 16:14
- Simon Magus, in trying to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit — Acts 8:18
- The sorcerers, in filing complaint against Paul and Silas — Acts 16:19
- Demetrius, in raising a riot against Paul and Silas — Acts 19:24; Acts 19:27
- Festus, in hoping for a bribe from Paul — Acts 24:26
- Demas in forsaking Paul for love of the world — 2 Timothy 4:10
Topical outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897). The sub-headings are Nave's own.