Psalm 10:3
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3 For the wicked (A)boasts of his heart’s desire;
[a]He (B)blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.
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- Psalm 10:3 Or The greedy man curses and spurns the Lord
Psalm 94:4
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4 They (A)utter speech, and speak insolent things;
All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.
Luke 12:19
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19 And I will say to my soul, (A)“Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; (B)eat, drink, and be merry.” ’
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Zechariah 11:5-8
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5 whose owners slaughter them and (A)feel no guilt; those who sell them (B)say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do (C)not pity them. 6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord. “But indeed I will give everyone into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They shall [a]attack the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.”
7 So I fed the flock for slaughter, [b]in particular (D)the poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called [c]Beauty, and the other I called [d]Bonds; and I fed the flock. 8 I [e]dismissed the three shepherds (E)in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
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- Zechariah 11:6 Lit. strike
- Zechariah 11:7 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX for the Canaanites
- Zechariah 11:7 Or Grace
- Zechariah 11:7 Or Unity
- Zechariah 11:8 Or destroyed, lit. cut off
Micah 6:10-12
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10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And the short measure that is an abomination?
11 Shall I count pure those with (A)the wicked scales,
And with the bag of deceitful weights?
12 For her rich men are full of (B)violence,
Her inhabitants have spoken lies,
And (C)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Isaiah 37:23
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23 “Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?
Against whom have you raised your voice,
And lifted up your eyes on high?
Against the Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 49:11-13
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11 [a]Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They (A)call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not [b]remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.
13 This is the way of those who are (B)foolish,
And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah
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- Psalm 49:11 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Their graves shall be their houses forever
- Psalm 49:12 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. understand (cf. v. 20)
Psalm 49:6
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6 Those who (A)trust in their wealth
And boast in the multitude of their riches,
Psalm 5:6
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6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;
The Lord abhors the (A)bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Job 31:24
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24 “If(A) I have made gold my hope,
Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;
Deuteronomy 29:19
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19 and so it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall have peace, even though I [a]follow the (A)dictates of my heart’—(B)as though the drunkard could be included with the sober.
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- Deuteronomy 29:19 walk in the stubbornness or imagination
Exodus 15:9
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9 (A)The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will (B)divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’
1 John 2:15
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Do Not Love the World
15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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James 4:13
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Do Not Boast About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow [a]we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”;
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- James 4:13 M let us
2 Timothy 3:2-4
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2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, [a]unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 (A)traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
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- 2 Timothy 3:3 irreconcilable
1 Timothy 6:9-10
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9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Colossians 3:5
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5 (A)Therefore put to death (B)your members which are on the earth: (C)fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, (D)which is idolatry.
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Ephesians 5:5
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5 For [a]this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any (A)inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
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- Ephesians 5:5 NU know this
1 Corinthians 6:10
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10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
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Romans 1:32
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32 who, (A)knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things (B)are deserving of death, not only do the same but also (C)approve of those who practice them.
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Romans 1:29
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29 being filled with all unrighteousness, [a]sexual immorality, wickedness, [b]covetousness, [c]maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
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- Romans 1:29 NU omits sexual immorality
- Romans 1:29 greed
- Romans 1:29 malice
Luke 16:14-15
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The Law, the Prophets, and the Kingdom
14 Now the Pharisees, (A)who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they [a]derided Him. 15 And He said to them, “You are those who (B)justify yourselves (C)before men, but (D)God knows your hearts. For (E)what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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- Luke 16:14 Lit. turned up their nose at
Luke 12:15
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15 And He said to them, (A)“Take heed and beware of [a]covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
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- Luke 12:15 NU all covetousness
Matthew 26:15-16
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15 and said, (A)“What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver. 16 So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.
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Habakkuk 2:9
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9 “Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house,
That he may (A)set his nest on high,
That he may be delivered from the [a]power of disaster!
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- Habakkuk 2:9 Lit. hand of evil
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