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COVETOUSNESS

origin of

• Genesis 3:1-6; Mark 7:22; Romans 7:8

prohibition against

• Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21; 7:25; Joshua 6:18; Romans 7:7; 13:9 (cf. 1 John 2:15-16)

instances of:

♦ Jacob:

• Genesis 27:18-29

♦ Achan:

• Joshua 7:1, 11-26

♦ David:

• 2 Samuel 11:1-5

♦ Ahab:

• 1 Kings 21:1-16

♦ Gehazi:

• 2 Kings 5:20-24

♦ Ananias and Sapphira:

• Acts 5:1-10

♦ results of

• Joshua 6:18; 7:21-26; 1 Kings 21:1-24; 2 Kings 5:20-27; Proverbs 15:27; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Ephesians 5:5; 1 Timothy 6:9-10

♦ avoidance of

• Acts 20:33; 2 Corinthians 9:5

nature of:

♦ varied in expression:

♦ idolatrous:

• Ephesians 5:5

♦ characteristic of the unsaved

• 1 Corinthians 5:10; 6:9-10; Ephesians 5:5

♦ inconsistent with Christian profession

• 1 Corinthians 5:11 (cf. Ephesians 5:3)

♦ overcome by contentment

• Luke 3:14; Philippians 4:11-12; 1 Timothy 6:6-8; Hebrews 13:5

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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