Found 24 Results for: Covetousness
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered. (Amos 9, 1)
Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil. (Habakkuk 2, 9)
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. (Mark 7, 22)
And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth. (Luke 12, 15)
Therefore I thought it necessary to desire the brethren that they would go to you before, and prepare this blessing before promised, to be ready, so as a blessing, not as covetousness. (2 Corinthians 9, 5)
Who despairing, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, unto the working of all uncleanness, unto the working of all uncleanness, unto covetousness. (Ephesians 4, 19)
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints: (Ephesians 5, 3)
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is the service of idols. (Colossians 3, 5)
For neither have we used, at any time, the speech of flattery, as you know; nor taken an occasion of covetousness, God is witness: (1 Thessalonians 2, 5)
Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have; for he hath said: I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee. (Hebrews 13, 5)
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their perdition slumbereth not. (2 Peter 2, 3)
Having eyes full of adultery and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring unstable souls, having their heart exercised with covetousness, children of malediction: (2 Peter 2, 14)