Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

Boasteth

Bible References

Boasteth

James 4:13
Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go to such a city, and spend a year there, and trade and get gain;

And blesseth, etc

Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast plenty of goods laid up for many years, take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Romans 1:29
being filled with all injustice, lewdness, wickedness, covetousness, malignity; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and every evil habit; whisperers,
2 Timothy 3:2
for men will be selfish, covetous, arrogant, proud, blasphemers, undutiful to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
1 John 2:15
Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world; for if any one love the world to excess, the love of the Father is not in him.

Whom

Matthew 26:15
to the chief priests, and said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver Him to you? and they promised him thirty pieces of silver:
Luke 12:15
And He said unto them, See to it that ye beware of covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of his possessions.
Luke 16:14
And the pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things; and derided Him.
1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor rapacious persons, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 5:5
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, (who is an idolater,) hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Colossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members that are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, disorderly passion, evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is indeed idolatry:
1 Timothy 6:9
But they, that will be rich, fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into ruin and perdition.