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Romans 13:9
The commandments: Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not covet; and whatever other commandment— all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself.
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Luke 12:15
He then told them,“ Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”
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Romans 7:7
What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.
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Colossians 3:5
Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
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Hebrews 13:5
Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for He Himself has said, I will never leave you or forsake you.
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Jeremiah 5:8
They are well-fed, eager stallions, each neighing after someone else’s wife.
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Ephesians 5:3
But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.
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Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.
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Matthew 5:28
But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches.“ So who am I struggling for,” he asks,“ and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.
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Genesis 3:6
Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
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Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes?
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Amos 2:6-7
The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Israel for three crimes, even four, because they sell a righteous person for silver and a needy person for a pair of sandals.They trample the heads of the poor on the dust of the ground and block the path of the needy. A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, profaning My holy name.
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Acts 5:4
Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God!”
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Job 31:9
If my heart has been seduced by my neighbor’s wife or I have lurked at his door,
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Psalms 10:3
For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings; the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.
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Luke 16:14
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at Him.
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1 Samuel 15 19
So why didn’t you obey the Lord? Why did you rush on the plunder and do what was evil in the Lord’s sight?”
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Matthew 20:15
Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’
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Isaiah 33:15
The one who lives righteously and speaks rightly, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil—
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1 Corinthians 6 10
no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom.
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Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who dishonestly makes wealth for his house to place his nest on high, to escape from the reach of disaster!
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Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.
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Ezekiel 33:31
So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest profit.
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Genesis 14:23
that I will not take a thread or sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you can never say,‘ I made Abram rich.’
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1 Timothy 6 6-1 Timothy 6 10
But godliness with contentment is a great gain.For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out.But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
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Psalms 119:36
Turn my heart to Your decrees and not to material gain.
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Ephesians 5:5
For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.
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Jeremiah 22:17
But you have eyes and a heart for nothing except your own dishonest profit, shedding innocent blood and committing extortion and oppression.
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Isaiah 57:17
Because of his sinful greed I was angry, so I struck him; I was angry and hid; but he went on turning back to the desires of his heart.
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Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, 200 silver shekels, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the money under the cloak.”
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Job 31:1
I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I look at a young woman?
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Acts 20:33
I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
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Genesis 34:23
Won’t their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.”
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2 Samuel 11 2-2 Samuel 11 4
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing— a very beautiful woman.So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he reported,“ This is Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite.”David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. Now she had just been purifying herself from her uncleanness. Afterward, she returned home.
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Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame. They are focused on earthly things,
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Proverbs 6:24-25
They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a stranger.Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.