Bible Dictionary: Covetousness: Punishment of

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Job 20:15
He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
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Isaiah 57:17
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
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Jeremiah 22:17-19
But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
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Micah 2:2,3
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
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Library

Whether the Punishment of Sacrilege Should be Pecuniary?
... 1:Thess.2:5): "Neither have we taken an occasion of covetousness." But it seems
to involve an occasion of covetousness that a pecuniary punishment should be ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the punishment of sacrilege.htm

Whether Covetousness is Opposed to Liberality?
... Reply to Objection 3: Covetousness as opposed to justice has no opposite vice: since
it ... is to have less than one ought, and this is not a sin but a punishment. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether covetousness is opposed to.htm

The Remedies against the Disease of Covetousness.
... Let us also fear the example of Gehazi, who for the sin of covetousness
was chastised with the punishment of perpetual leprosy. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxx the remedies against.htm

Of the Deaths of Ananias and Sapphira, and Judas, which they ...
... [904] How closely do the sin and punishment correspond in each case! In the one
case treachery, in the other falsehood, was the result of covetousness. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxv of the deaths.htm

A Sedition against Sabinus; and How Varus Brought the Authors of ...
... was there himself, brought the authors of the disturbance to punishment; and when ...
by force, on account of his love of gain and his extraordinary covetousness. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 a sedition against.htm

Instances to Show that the Disease of Covetousness is Threefold.
... Instances to show that the disease of covetousness is threefold. ... Scripture instances
of these three catastrophes which were visited with no light punishment. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xiv instances to show.htm

Sin and the Penalty of Sin the Same.
... how often it happens that the very punishment which God ... being filled with all
unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 24 xxii sin and the.htm

Whether any Other Special Sins, Besides Pride and Avarice, Should ...
... If therefore covetousness is called the "root of all evils," it seems that it ... Objection
3: Further, capital crimes are those which receive capital punishment. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether any other special sins.htm

Whether Worldly Fear is Always Evil?
... but as a means: the end that he seeks is wealth, wherefore covetousness is rightly ...
Reply to Objection 2: When the secular power inflicts punishment in order to ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether worldly fear is always.htm

The Second Day.
... But if it is true that covetousness is the root of all evils, in vain do ... whether
there can be no sin apart from it, whether by this alone punishment is deserved ...
/.../disputation of the second day.htm

Subtopics

Covetousness

Covetousness in Building Fine Houses While the House of the Lord Lay Waste

Covetousness in Buying Esau's Birthright

Covetousness in Deceiving Jacob in Wages

Covetousness in Deceiving Jacob when he Served Him Seven Years for Rachel

Covetousness in Defrauding Esau of His, Father's Blessing

Covetousness in Defrauding Laban of his Flocks and Herds

Covetousness in Exacting Usury from Their Brethren

Covetousness in Following Jesus Merely for the Loaves and Fish

Covetousness in Giving Rebekah to be Isaac's Wife

Covetousness in Keeping Back the Portion of the Levites