'Grasping' in the Bible

Do not envy a man of violenceAnd do not choose any of his ways.

A violent and exceedingly covetous man entices his neighbor [to sin],And leads him in a way that is not good.

“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and robbery and self-indulgence (unrestrained greed).

But Jesus took hold of her hand and spoke, saying, “Child, arise!”

until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors],

Therefore do not be foolish and thoughtless, but understand and firmly grasp what the will of the Lord is.

For the overseer, as God’s steward, must be blameless, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain [but financially ethical].