Hebrews 13:5

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Hebrews 13:5

Let your disposition be without covetousness: be content with the things that are present; for he hath said, No, I will not leave thee: verily I will not forsake thee.

Colossians 3:5

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

1 Timothy 3:3

Not given to wine, no striker, not desirous of filthy gain, but gentle, patient, not loving money;

Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Ephesians 5:3

But let not fornication, or any uncleanness, or covetousness be even named among you, as becometh saints:

Matthew 6:34

Take not therefore thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for itself: sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

Mark 7:22

Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, envy, evil speaking, pride, foolishness.

Luke 3:14

And the soldiers likewise asked him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your pay.

Luke 8:14

That which fell among thorns are they, who, having heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

Luke 12:15-21

And he said to them, Take heed and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Luke 16:13-14

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will cleave to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.

Romans 1:29

full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, malignity:

1 Corinthians 5:11

But I have now written unto you, if any who is named a brother, be a lewd person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or rapacious, not to converse with such an one, no, not to eat with him.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor sodomites, Nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor revilers, nor the rapacious shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:5

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, or unclean person, or covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Philippians 4:11-12

Not that I speak in respect of want; for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, to be content.

1 Timothy 6:6-10

But godliness with content is great gain.

2 Peter 2:3

And through covetousness will they with feigned speeches make merchandize of you, whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

2 Peter 2:14

Having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin; beguiling unstable souls, having hearts exercised with covetousness, accursed children:

Jude 1:11

Wo to them; for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Hebrews 13:5

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Conversation

And be

General references

Matthew 6:19

Luke 12:31

1 Timothy 6:8

Bible References

Conversation

Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, envy, evil speaking, pride, foolishness.

That which fell among thorns are they, who, having heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

And he said to them, Take heed and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will cleave to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.

full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, malignity:

nor sodomites, Nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor revilers, nor the rapacious shall inherit the kingdom of God.

But let not fornication, or any uncleanness, or covetousness be even named among you, as becometh saints:

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Not given to wine, no striker, not desirous of filthy gain, but gentle, patient, not loving money;

But they that desire to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful desires, which plunge men into destruction and perdition.

And through covetousness will they with feigned speeches make merchandize of you, whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

Wo to them; for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.

And be

And the soldiers likewise asked him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your pay.

Not that I speak in respect of want; for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, to be content.

But godliness with content is great gain.

General references

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break thro' and steal:

But seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

Having then food and covering, with these let us be content.