Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Covetousness » A characteristic of the slothful
There is he who covets greedily all the day long, but the righteous gives and does not withhold.
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greed » General references to
And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
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He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.
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The heads of it judge for a bribe, and the priests of it teach for a wage, and the prophets of it divine for money. Yet they lean upon LORD, and say, Is not LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.
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Yea, the dogs are greedy; they can never have enough. And these are shepherds who cannot understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
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For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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There is he who covets greedily all the day long, but the righteous gives and does not withhold.
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We shall find all precious substance. We shall fill our houses with spoil.
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So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.
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Laziness » Lazy people
The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.
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The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
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The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.
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He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.
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I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down. Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: read more.
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. There is he who covets greedily all the day long, but the righteous gives and does not withhold.
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The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. The door turns upon its hinges, so does the sluggard upon his bed. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. It wearies him to bring it again to his mouth. read more.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason.