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Covetous (11 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Covetous (11 Occurrences). ... Luke 16:14 And the Pharisees
also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. ...
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Lewd (37 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 Yet not altogether with lewd persons of this world, or with the
covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters: for then ye must needs go out ...
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Immoral (16 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world,
or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would ...
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Lover (55 Occurrences)
... pleasure" (2 Timothy 3:4). In the Revised Version (British and American) we have,
for "a lover of hospitality" (Titus 1:8), "given to"; for "covetous" (Luke 16 ...
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Grudge (11 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to
repine; to be unwilling or reluctant. 4. (vi) To feel compunction or grief. ...
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Greedy (24 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 5:5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person,
nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom ...
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Whoremonger (4 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:11 and now, I did write to you not to keep company with 'him', if
any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an ...
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Idolater (2 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:11 But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who
is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a ...
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Robbers (21 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world,
or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would ...
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Extortioners (3 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world,
or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would ...
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Bible Concordance

Covetous (11 Occurrences)

Mark 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
(Root in KJV WEY DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Romans 7:8 Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness -- for apart from law sin is dead.
(Root in YLT RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 5:10 yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS)

1 Corinthians 5:11 But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. Don't even eat with such a person.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS)

1 Corinthians 6:10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ephesians 5:5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Timothy 3:3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
(WEB KJV WEY WBS)

2 Timothy 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
(KJV WBS)

2 Peter 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

2. (v. t.) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.

Greek

4123. pleonektes -- one desirous of having more
... of having more. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: pleonektes Phonetic
Spelling: (pleh-on-ek'-tace) Short Definition: a covetous person Definition ...
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5366. philarguros -- loving money
... Transliteration: philarguros Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ar'-goo-ros) Short Definition:
money-loving, avaricious Definition: money-loving, avaricious, covetous. ...
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4122. pleonekteo -- to have more, to overreach
... take advantage, defraud, make a gain. From pleonektes; to be covetous, ie (by
implication) to over-reach -- get an advantage, defraud, make a gain. ...
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4124. pleonexia -- advantage, covetousness
... covetousness, greediness. From pleonektes; avarice, ie (by implication) fraudulency,
extortion -- covetous(-ness) practices, greediness. see GREEK pleonektes. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1214. batsa -- to cut off, break off, gain by violence
... gain (1), profits (1). be covetous, cut off, finish, fulfill, gain greedily,
be given to covetousness, greedy,. A primitive root ...
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Library

That God's Lover Forsakes the World, Idleness and Irksomeness: and ...
... THE FIRE OF LOVE. BOOK I CHAPTER X THAT GOD'S LOVER FORSAKES THE WORLD, IDLENESS
AND IRKSOMENESS: AND OF HYPOCRITES AND COVETOUS MEN. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter x that gods lover.htm

That one who Actually Has no Money May Still be Deemed Covetous.
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXII. That one who actually has no money may still
be deemed covetous. For it is possible even for one who ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxii that one who.htm

That He Marked Out Before a Covetous Man the Measure of a Grave ...
... Book IV. Chapter XXX."That he marked out before a Covetous Man the Measure
of a Grave, and so put him to Shame. On one occasion ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxx that he marked out.htm

Whether Prodigality is a More Grievous Sin than Covetousness?
... from the opposite virtue: since giving, wherein the prodigal exceeds, belongs to
liberality more than receiving or retaining, wherein the covetous man exceeds. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether prodigality is a more.htm

Whether Treachery, Fraud, Falsehood, Perjury, Restlessness ...
... But the Philosopher says (Ethic. iv, 1) that "tyrants who destroy cities and despoil
sacred places are not to be called illiberal," ie covetous. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether treachery fraud falsehood perjury.htm

The Tenth Commandment
... any good use. He may be said to be covetous not only who gets the world
unrighteously, but who loves it inordinately. [1] For a ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 1 the tenth commandment.htm

Tenth Commandment
... The greatest dupe the devil has in the world is the hypocrite; but the next greatest
is the covetous man, "for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of ...
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We do Not, Therefore, "Acknowledge the Baptism of Heretics...
... But the apostle says, among many other things, "Neither the covetous, nor extortioners,
shall inherit the kingdom of God." [1353] For in another place the same ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 4 6 we.htm

Whether Prodigality is Opposite to Covetousness?
... subject. But some are at the same time prodigal and covetous. ... receives.
Wherefore he is prodigal and covetous in different respects. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether prodigality is opposite to.htm

Whether Covetousness is a Spiritual Sin?
... Hom. xxix in Matth.) compares the covetous man to the man who was possessed
by the devil (Mk.5) and was troubled in body. Therefore ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether covetousness is a spiritual.htm

Subtopics

Covetous

Related Terms

Lewd (37 Occurrences)

Immoral (16 Occurrences)

Lover (55 Occurrences)

Grudge (11 Occurrences)

Greedy (24 Occurrences)

Whoremonger (4 Occurrences)

Idolater (2 Occurrences)

Robbers (21 Occurrences)

Extortioners (3 Occurrences)