Joshua 7:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

I saw

I coveted

Took them

Proverbs 4:23

Micah 2:1

James 1:15

They are hid

Luke 12:2

General references

Matthew 26:9

Bible References

I saw

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.

It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

"I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?

Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

A stingy manhastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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.

I coveted

"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."

The carved images of their gods you shall burn with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.

Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him."

"Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!

And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing,

Took them

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

They are hid

So David sent word to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.

And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and put them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed.

Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter";

Ah, you who hide deep from the LORD your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us? Who knows us?"

Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

General references

For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor."