Table of Contents
Covetousness
1. Comes from the heart. Mr 7:22,23.
2. Engrosses the heart. Eze 33:31; 2Pe 2:14.
3. Is idolatry. Eph 5:5; Col 3:5.
4. Is the root of all evil. 1Ti 6:10.
5. Is never satisfied. Ec 5:10; Hab 2:5.
6. Is vanity. Ps 39:6; Ec 4:8.
7. Is inconsistent
a. In saints. Eph 5:3; Heb 13:5.
b. Specially in ministers. 1Ti 3:3.
8. Leads to
a. Injustice and oppression. Pr 28:20; Mic 2:2.
b. Foolish and hurtful lusts. 1Ti 6:9.
c. Departure from the faith. 1Ti 6:10.
d. Lying. 2Ki 5:22-25.
e. Murder. Pr 1:18,19; Eze 22:12.
f. Theft. Jos 7:21.
g. Poverty. Pr 28:22.
h. Misery. 1Ti 6:10.
i. Domestic affliction. Pr 15:27.
9. Abhorred by God. Ps 10:3.
10. Forbidden. Ex 20:17.
11. A characteristic of the wicked. Ro 1:29.
12. A characteristic of the slothful. Pr 21:26.
13. Commended by the wicked alone. Ps 10:3.
14. Hated by saints. Ex 18:21; Ac 20:33.
15. To be mortified by saints. Col 3:5.
16. Woe denounced against. Isa 5:8; Hab 2:9.
17. Punishment of. Job 20:15; Isa 57:17; Jer 22:17-19; Mic 2:2,3.
18. Excludes from heaven. 1Co 6:10; Eph 5:5.
19. Beware of. Lu 12:15.
20. Avoid those guilty of. 1Co 5:11.
21. Pray against. Ps 119:36.
22. Reward of those who hate. Pr 28:16.
23. Shall abound in the last days. 2Ti 3:2; 2Pe 2:1-3.
24. Exemplified
a. Laban. Ge 31:41.
b. Achan. Jos 7:21.
c. Eli’s sons. 1Sa 2:12-14.
d. Samuel’s sons. 1Sa 8:3.
f. Ahab. 1Ki 21:2-4.
g. Gehazi. 2Ki 5:20-24.
h. Nobles of the Jews. Ne 5:7; Isa 1:23.
i. Jewish people. Isa 56:11; Jer 6:13.
j. Babylon. Jer 51:13.
k. Young man. Mt 19:22.
l. Judas. Mt 26:14,15; Joh 12:6.
m. Pharisees. Lu 16:14.
n. Ananias &c. Ac 5:1-10.
o. Felix. Ac 24:26.