Covetousness: Instances Of
Eve, in desiring the forbidden fruit,
Gen 3:6.
Lot, in choosing the plain of the Jordan,
Gen 13:10-13.
Laban, in giving Rebekah to be Isaac's wife,
Gen 24:29-51;
in deceiving Jacob when he served him seven years for Rachel,
Gen 29:15-30;
in deceiving Jacob in wages,
Gen 31:7, 15, 41, 42.
Jacob, in defrauding Esau of his father's blessing,
Gen 27:6-29;
in defrauding Laban of his flocks and herds,
Gen 30:35-43;
in buying Esau's birthright,
Gen 25:31.
Balaam, in loving the wages of unrighteousness,
2Pe 2:15; with Num 22.
Achan, in hiding the treasure,
Jos 7:21.
Eli's sons, in taking the flesh of the sacrifice,
1Sa 2:13-17.
Samuel's sons, in taking bribes,
1Sa 8:3.
Saul, in sparing, Agag and the booty,
1Sa 15:8, 9.
David, of Bath-sheba,
2Sa 11:2-5.
Ahab, in desiring Naboth's vineyard,
1Ki 21:2-16.
Gehazi, in taking a gift from Naaman,
2Ki 5:20-27.
Some Jews, in exacting usury from their brethren,
Neh 5:1-11;
in keeping back the portion of the Levites,
Neh 13:10;
in building fine houses while the house of the Lord lay waste,
Hag 1:4-9;
in following Jesus merely for the loaves and fish,
Jhn 6:26.
Money-changers in the temple,
Mat 21:12, 13; Luk 19:45, 46; Jhn 2:14-16.
The rich young ruler,
Mat 19:16-22.
The rich fool,
Luk 12:15-21.
Judas, in betraying Jesus for twenty pieces of silver,
Mat 26:15, 16; Mar 14:10, 11; Luk 22:3-6; Jhn 12:6.
The unjust steward,
Luk 16:1-8.
The Pharisees,
Luk 16:14.
Simon Magus, in trying to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit,
Act 8:18-23.
The sorcerers, in filing complaint against Paul and Silas,
Act 16:19.
Demetrius, in raising a riot against Paul and Silas,
Act 19:24, 27.
Festus, in hoping for a bribe from Paul,
Act 24:26.
Demas in forsaking Paul for love of the world,
2Ti 4:10.
See AVARICE; BRIBERY; RICH; RICHES.