Thou Shalt Not Covet Flashcards
thou shalt not covet
Exodus 20:17
[17]Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
to be a leader you must hate covetousness
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:
achan put to death for being covetous
Joshua 7:20-26
[20]And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
[21]When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
[22]So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
[23]And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.
[24]And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
[25]And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
[26]And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
attributes of a wicked covetous man
Psalms 10:2-5
[2]The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
[3]For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
[4]The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
[5]His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
if you Delight in the law you want incline to covetousness
Psalms 119:35-36
[35]Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
[36]Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
alot of people covetous cause they lazy ass hell
Proverbs 21:25-26
[25]The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
[26]He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
if you hate covetousness you will love a longer life
Proverbs 28:16
[16]The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
some people gone act like they come to hear the word but really they all about there covetousness
Ezekiel 33:30-32
[30]Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
[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.
[32]And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
christ warns us about covetousness and give parable of the rich man
Luke 12:15-20
[15]And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
[16]And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
[17]And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
[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.
[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.
[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?
dont keep company with brothers who covetous
1 Corinthians 5:11
[11]But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
esua coveted our hertiage.
Micah 2:2
[2]And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
you cant get the kingdom being covetous
Ephesians 5:5
[5]For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
there is nothing more wicked then a covetous man
Ecclesiasticus 10:9
[9]Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.
covetous eyes not happy with what they have.
Ecclesiasticus 14:6-10
[6]There is none worse than he that envieth himself; and this is a recompence of his wickedness.
[7]And if he doeth good, he doeth it unwillingly; and at the last he will declare his wickedness.
[8]The envious man hath a wicked eye; he turneth away his face, and despiseth men.
[9]A covetous man’s eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul.
[10]A wicked eye envieth his bread, and he is a niggard at his table.
story in maccabee where men trade on there on people because of covetousness
2 Maccabees 10:19-22
[19]Maccabeus left Simon and Joseph, and Zaccheus also, and them that were with him, who were enough to besiege them, and departed himself unto those places which more needed his help.
[20]Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for money through certain of those that were in the castle, and took seventy thousand drachms, and let some of them escape.
[21]But when it was told Maccabeus what was done, he called the governors of the people together, and accused those men, that they had sold their brethren for money, and set their enemies free to fight against them.
[22]So he slew those that were found traitors, and immediately took the two castles.
