Exodus 18:21

²¹ Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

1 Samuel 2:12

¹² Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:13

¹³ And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

1 Samuel 2:14

¹⁴ And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

1 Kings 21:2

² And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

1 Kings 21:3

³ And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

1 Kings 21:4

⁴ And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

2 Kings 5:20

²⁰ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

2 Kings 5:21

²¹ So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

2 Kings 5:22

²² And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

2 Kings 5:23

²³ And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.

2 Kings 5:24

²⁴ And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.

2 Kings 5:25

²⁵ But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

Job 31:24

²⁴ If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

Job 31:25

²⁵ If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

Psalms 119:36

³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Proverbs 23:4

⁴ Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 23:5

⁵ Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Proverbs 30:8

⁸ Remove far from me vanity and lies: lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

Proverbs 30:9

⁹ Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

Proverbs 21:25

²⁵ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Proverbs 21:26

²⁶ He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

Proverbs 28:16

¹⁶ The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Proverbs 28:20

²⁰ A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

² Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

³ What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:4

⁴ One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

Ecclesiastes 1:5

⁵ The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

Ecclesiastes 1:6

⁶ The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

⁸ All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

¹⁰ He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

¹¹ When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding beholding of them with their eyes?

Isaiah 57:17

¹⁷ For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

Jeremiah 6:13

¹³ For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

¹⁰ Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Jeremiah 22:17

¹⁷ But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Jeremiah 22:18

¹⁸ Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

Jeremiah 22:19

¹⁹ He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 51:13

¹³ O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

Ezekiel 22:12

¹² In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 22:13

¹³ Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

Ezekiel 33:31

³¹ And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Habakkuk 2:5

⁵ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

Habakkuk 2:6

⁶ Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Habakkuk 2:7

⁷ Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

Habakkuk 2:8

⁸ Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Habakkuk 2:9

⁹ Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Habakkuk 1:15

¹⁵ They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

Habakkuk 1:16

¹⁶ Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

Matthew 22:1

¹ And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

Matthew 22:2

² The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

Matthew 22:3

³ And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

Matthew 22:4

⁴ Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

Matthew 22:5

⁵ But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

Matthew 22:6

⁶ And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

Matthew 22:7

⁷ But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

Matthew 22:8

⁸ Then saith he to his servants, servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

Matthew 22:9

⁹ Go ye therefore into the highways, highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

Matthew 6:19

¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Matthew 6:20

²⁰ But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Matthew 6:21

²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Matthew 6:24

²⁴ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew 6:25

²⁵ Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Matthew 6:31

³¹ Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Matthew 6:32

³² For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Matthew 6:33

³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 19:23

²³ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:24

²⁴ And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Matthew 22:10

¹⁰ So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

Matthew 22:11

¹¹ And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

Matthew 22:12

¹² And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

Matthew 22:13

¹³ Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 22:14

¹⁴ For many are called, but few are chosen.

Mark 7:21

²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Mark 7:22

²² Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

Mark 7:23

²³ All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

Luke 12:15

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Luke 12:16

¹⁶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Luke 12:17

¹⁷ And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

Luke 12:18

¹⁸ And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

Luke 12:19

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Luke 12:20

²⁰ But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

Luke 12:21

²¹ So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Luke 12:33

³³ Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Luke 12:34

³⁴ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Luke 14:16

¹⁶ Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

Luke 14:17

¹⁷ And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

Luke 14:18

¹⁸ And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

Luke 14:19

¹⁹ And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

Luke 14:20

²⁰ And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot cannot come.

Luke 14:21

²¹ So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

Luke 14:22

²² And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

Luke 14:23

²³ And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Luke 14:24

²⁴ For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

Luke 18:24

²⁴ And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Luke 18:25

²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

John 6:26

²⁶ Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

John 6:27

²⁷ Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Acts 5:1

¹ But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

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