Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Thine eyes
Covetousness
To shed
General references
Bible References
Thine eyes
Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, 200 silver shekels, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the money under the cloak.”
Job 31:7 If my step has turned from the way,
my heart has followed my eyes,
or impurity has stained my hands,
my heart has followed my eyes,
or impurity has stained my hands,
Psalm 119:36 Turn my heart to Your decrees
and not to material gain.
and not to material gain.
Ezekiel 19:6 He prowled among the lions,
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
Ezekiel 33:31
So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest profit.
Mark 7:21 For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,
James 1:14
But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.
2 Peter 2:14
They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.
Covetousness
Exodus 18:21
But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating bribes. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
Psalm 10:3 For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.
the one who is greedy curses
Luke 12:15
He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”
Luke 16:13 No household slave can be the slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t be slaves to both God and money.”
Romans 1:29
They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
1 Corinthians 6:10
no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom.
Ephesians 5:3
But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.
Colossians 3:5
Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
2 Peter 2:3
They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
To shed
Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.
Jeremiah 26:22
But King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and certain other men with him went to Egypt.
1 Kings 21:19
Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered and also taken possession?’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick your blood!’”
2 Kings 24:4
and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not forgive.
2 Chronicles 36:8
The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim, the detestable things he did, and what was found against him, are written in the Book of Israel’s Kings. His son Jehoiachin became king in his place.
Ezekiel 19:6 He prowled among the lions,
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
Zephaniah 3:3 The princes within her are roaring lions;
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for the morning.
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for
General references
Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.
Proverbs 1:13 We’ll find all kinds of valuable property
and fill our houses with plunder.
and fill our houses with plunder.