Thematic Bible: Avaricious men, examples of
Thematic Bible
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Judas
and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to deliver him unto them.
Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Achan
when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, 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.
Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The jews
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the'same maiden, to profane my holy name:
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The people of tyre
And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » balaam
forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the'son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The masters of the philippian damsel
But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Governor felix
He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.