Thematic Bible: Avaricious men, examples of
Thematic Bible
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Judas
And he said to them, What will you give me, and I will betray Him to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.
He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and held the moneybag and carried the things put in.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Achan
When I saw among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, I coveted them and took them. And behold, they are hidden in the earth in the middle of my tent, and the silver under it.
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough; and they are shepherds who cannot understand. They all look to their own way, every one for his gain, to his own end.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The jews
Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for silver, yet they will lean on Jehovah and say, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil can come on us!
panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek. And a man and his father will go in to the same woman, to defile My holy name.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The people of tyre
And Tyre shall build herself a stronghold, and shall heap up silver like the dust, and gold like the mud of the streets;
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » balaam
who have forsaken the right way and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The masters of the philippian damsel
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain went out, having seized Paul and Silas, they dragged them to the market before the rulers.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Governor felix
He also hoped that silver would be given him by Paul, that he might free him. Therefore he also frequently sent for him and talked with him.