Leviticus 11:29

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Summary

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,

Creeping things that creep

General references

Leviticus 11:41

Bible References

Creeping things that creep

‘All the winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

Arise, O Lord, confront him, bring him low;

Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

For thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.

Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.

Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;

whose end is destruction, whose god is their

appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.

Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to

immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”

General references

‘Now every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable, not to be eaten.