Hebrews 13:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

And be

General references

Matthew 6:19

Luke 12:31

1 Timothy 6:8

Bible References

Conversation

adultery, lust, malice, deceit, sensuality, envying, slander, arrogance, recklessness,

As for the seed that fell among thorns, that means people who hear but who go and get choked with worries and money and the pleasures of life, so that they never ripen.

Then he said to them, "See and keep clear of covetousness in every shape and form, for a man's life is not part of his possessions because he has ample wealth."

No servant can serve two masters: either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other, you cannot serve both God and Mammon."

till they are filled with all manner of wickedness, depravity, lust, and viciousness, filled to the brim with envy, murder, quarrels, intrigues, and malignity ??slanderers,

What I now write is that you are not to associate with any so-called brother who is immoral or lustful or idolatrous or given to abuse or drink or robbery. Associate with him! Do not even eat with him!

nor thieves nor the lustful nor the drunken nor the abusive nor robbers will inherit the Realm of God.

Never let any sexual vice or impurity or lust be so much as mentioned by you ??that is the proper course for saints to take;

So put to death those members that are on earth: sexual vice, impurity, appetite, evil desire, and lust (which is idolatry),

not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,

Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction.

in their lust they will exploit you with cunning arguments ??men whose doom comes apace from of old, and destruction is awake upon their trail.

Woe to them! they go the road of Cain, rush into Balaam's error for what it brings them, and perish in Korah's rebellion.

And be

Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat or drink in life, nor about what you are to put on your body; surely life means more than food, surely the body means more than clothes!

Soldiers also asked him, "And what are we to do?" He said to them, "Never extort money, never lay a false charge, but be content with your pay."

Not that I complain of want, for I have learned how to be content wherever I am.

And so it is ??provided it goes with a contented spirit;

General references

Store up no treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust corrode, where thieves break in and steal:

only seek his Realm, and it will be yours over and above.

If we have food and clothes, we must be content with that.