Ephesians 5:3

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Summary

Ephesians 5:3

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Covetousness

Named

Ephesians 5:12

Exodus 23:13

1 Corinthians 5:1

General references

Exodus 20:14

Bible References

Covetousness

For ye are men who know this, that no fornicator, or unclean man, or covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.

Moreover thou shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain, and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens,

Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

When I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylon mantle, 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 ground in the midst of my tent

And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

For the wicked man boasts of his heart's desire. And the greedy man renounces, [yea], despises LORD.

Incline my heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

The ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, [but] he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.

For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness. And from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people. And they hear thy words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

And they covet fields, and seize them, and houses, and take them away. And they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

covetings, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, reviling, pride, foolishness.

And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.

And the Pharisees, being lovers of money, heard all these things, and they sneered him.

I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God.

Put to death therefore your body-parts on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

no drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain, but meek, noncontentious, no lover of money,

For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, impious,

For the overseer must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-willed, not prone to angry, not a drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain,

The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.

Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,

And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.

Named

For it is disgusting even to speak of the things happening by them secretly.

And in all things that I have said to you take ye heed, and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

Fornication is actually heard among you, and such fornication that is not even named among the Gentiles, for some man to have his father's wife.

General references

Thou shall not commit adultery.