Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

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Bible References

Lust

James 5:1
Go to now, you rich men! Weep aloud, howl for the miseries which are about to come upon you!
1 Timothy 6:9
Those who desire to be rich fall into the snares of temptation and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

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Galatians 5:15
But if you are always biting and devouring one another, take heed lest you be utterly consumed one by another.