Jeremiah 22:17

But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

2 Kings 24:4

Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them.

Jeremiah 22:3

The Lord says, "Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.

Ezekiel 19:6

He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

2 Peter 2:14

Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!

Exodus 18:21

But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Joshua 7:21

I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath."

1 Kings 21:19

Say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "Haven't you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?"' Then say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth's blood they will also lick up your blood -- yes, yours!"'"

2 Chronicles 36:8

The rest of the events of Jehoiakim's reign, including the horrible sins he committed and his shortcomings, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.

Job 31:7

If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,

Psalm 10:3

Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.

Psalm 119:36-37

Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly.

Jeremiah 26:22-24

However, King Jehoiakim sent some men to Egypt, including Elnathan son of Achbor,

Ezekiel 33:31

They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

Mark 7:21-22

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

Luke 12:15-21

Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

Luke 16:13-14

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."

Romans 1:29

They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,

1 Corinthians 6:10

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:3-5

But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.

Colossians 3:5

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

James 1:14-15

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.

1 John 2:15-16

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Thine eyes

Joshua 7:21
I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath."
Job 31:7
If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,
Psalm 119:36
Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly.
Ezekiel 19:6
He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
Ezekiel 33:31
They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.
Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
James 1:14
But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.
2 Peter 2:14
Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

Covetousness

Exodus 18:21
But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Psalm 10:3
Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.
Luke 12:15
Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."
Romans 1:29
They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
1 Corinthians 6:10
thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 5:3
But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.
Colossians 3:5
So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
1 Timothy 6:9
Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.

To shed

Jeremiah 22:3
The Lord says, "Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.
Jeremiah 26:22
However, King Jehoiakim sent some men to Egypt, including Elnathan son of Achbor,
1 Kings 21:19
Say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "Haven't you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?"' Then say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth's blood they will also lick up your blood -- yes, yours!"'"
2 Kings 24:4
Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them.
2 Chronicles 36:8
The rest of the events of Jehoiakim's reign, including the horrible sins he committed and his shortcomings, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.
Ezekiel 19:6
He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

General references

Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.
Proverbs 1:13
We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

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