Bible Dictionary: Covetousness: Balaam

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

2 Peter 2:15
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
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Jude 1:11
Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
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Library

Balak's Inquiries Relative to the Service of God, and Balaam's ...
... and with the proffer of great honors and rewards, his ambition and covetousness
were inflamed ... Balaam sinned in asking a second time for liberty to go and curse ...
/.../sermon xviii balaks inquiries relative.htm

Thankfulness to God.
... God had forbidden him to go and curse the chosen people of God, but Balaam, moved
by covetousness, and eager for honours from the king, started on his way to go ...
/.../the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/lxiii thankfulness to god.htm

The Wine of Prayer
... came into Canaan. Old Giant Covetousness told me all about a silver-mine
which Balaam opened and Demas worked in. I could easily ...
/.../berry/adventures in the land of canaan/chapter twelve the wine of.htm

Confession of Sin --A Sermon with Seven Texts
... and more truthfully, and at other times he exhibited the most mean and sordid
covetousness that could disgrace human nature. Think you see Balaam; he stands ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/confession of sina sermon with.htm

Tenth Commandment
... Weren't they a snare? Think of Balaam. ... Up to a certain point his character shone
magnificently, but the devil finally overcame him by the bait of covetousness. ...
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Internal Foes.
... Covetousness enticed Lot into Sodom. It caused the destruction of Achan and all
his house. It was the iniquity of Balaam. It was the sin of Samuel's sons. ...
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The Routing of Giant Doubt
... operates an opiate factory in a hollow that runs directly down into Egypt; Giant
Covetousness, who decoys pilgrims to the silver-mine run by Balaam and Demas ...
/.../berry/adventures in the land of canaan/chapter eleven the routing of.htm

Topical Index
... Backslider, 17, 22 Balaam's ass, 102 Bible, 9, 10, 15, 16, 22, 29, 34, 44 ... 35, 52,
77, 109 Conversion, 25, 80, 88 Conviction, 21 Courage, 20 Covetousness, 27, 35 ...
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1 Cor. Ix. 24
... of Israel for a stumbling-block, according to the word of Balaam, to cause ... possess
them alone like money; it is not money, but mere covetousness, which thou ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxiii 1 cor ix.htm

V. ...
... All that this class practices and pursues is simple, pure covetousness, and must
all be ... And have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the ...
/.../the epistles of st peter and st jude preached and explained/chapter ii v 2.htm