Bible Verses about 'Covetousness'

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• Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people.
  Ephesians 5:3singreedholiness
• Give me an eagerness for your laws
  rather than a love for money!
  Psalm 119:36lawgreedheart
• Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
  Luke 12:15moneygreedmaterialism
• So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.
  Colossians 3:5sindesiresmaterialism
• Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said,
  “I will never fail you.
  I will never abandon you.”
  Hebrews 13:5trustmoneymaterialism
• And then he added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you. For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”
  Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationtemptation
• Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is sinful? Of course not! In fact, it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, “You must not covet.”
  Romans 7:7sinlawdesires
• You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.
  Exodus 20:17greedmaterialismlaw
• For the commandments say, “You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not covet.” These—and other such commandments—are summed up in this one commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  Romans 13:9lawloveneighbor