Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Bible References

General references

Deuteronomy 5:21
You must not desire another man's wife, nor should you crave his house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns."
Job 31:24
"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'
Proverbs 1:13
We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.
Mark 4:7
Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

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