Hebrews 13:5

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Summary

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

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1 Timothy 6:6

General references

1 Timothy 6:8

Bible References

Conversation

"You are not to desire your neighbor's house, nor your neighbor's wife, his male or female servant, his ox, his donkey, nor anything else that pertains to your neighbor."

I noticed among the war spoils a beautiful mantle from Shinar, 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels. Because I wanted them, I took them, and they're buried in the ground inside my tent. The silver is underneath."

For the wicked one boasts about his own desire; he blesses the greedy and despises the LORD.

Turn my heart to your decrees and away from unjust gain.

"Indeed, from the least important to the most important, they're all greedy for dishonest gain. From prophet to priest, they all act deceitfully.

Then they come to you as a group, sit down right in front of you as if they were my people, hear your words and then they don't do what you say because they're seeking only their own desires, they pursue ill-gotten profits, and they keep following their own self-interests.

adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

The ones that fell among the thorn bushes are the people who listen, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries, wealth, and pleasures of life, and their fruit doesn't mature.

Then he told them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."

"No servant can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and wealth!"

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,

But now I am writing to you to stop associating with any so-called brother if he is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunk, or a robber. You must even stop eating with someone like that.

thieves, greedy people, drunks, slanderers, and robbers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Do not let sexual sin, impurity of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.

So put to death your worldly impulses: sexual sin, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).

He must not drink excessively or be a violent person, but instead be gentle. He must not be argumentative or love money.

But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.

In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. The ancient verdict against them is still in force, and their destruction is not delayed.

11How terrible it will be for them! For they lived like Cain did , rushed headlong into Balaam's error to make a profit, and destroyed themselves, as happened in Korah's rebellion.

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Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

"That's why I'm telling you to stop worrying about your life what you will eat or what you will drink or about your body what you will wear. Life is more than food, isn't it, and the body more than clothing?

Even some soldiers were asking him, "And what should we do?" He told them, "Never extort money from anyone by threats or blackmail, and be satisfied with your pay."

I am not saying this because I am in any need, for I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in.

Of course, godliness with contentment does bring a great profit.

General references

"What do I have to give you?" Laban asked.

"Now if you ask, "What will we eat during the seventh year? After all, we may not plant or even gather our produce!'

""You are not to desire your neighbor's wife nor crave your neighbor's house, his fields, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, nor anything that pertains to your neighbor.'"

May the LORD our God be with us, just as he was with our ancestors. May he never leave us or abandon us,

"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Instead, be concerned about his kingdom, and these things will be provided for you as well.

With food to eat and clothes to wear; content we are in everything.