cool hit counter
 
 
           Hear the Bible COME ALIVE IN SONG!
 

 Home 

 Music 

 Songs 

 Video 

 Giveaways 

 Promises 

 Quotes   Puzzles 

 Bible 

 Sermons   Commentaries   Comments   Links   Store 
 

 
     
 
  SEARCH QUOTES



 
  Music Guide
  Music Page
  Song Previews
  Videos
  Bible Promises in Song
  MP3 Downloads
  Karaoke
  Song Reviews 
  Win a FREE CD
  Win a FREE MP3
  Fundraising CDs
  Sheet Music
  Store Page
  Donations
 

 
 
  Bible Perspective
  Cults
  Extraterrestrial Life
  Reincarnation
  Exorcism and Demonic Possession
  Fortune Tellers
  Secret Rapture
  Speaking in Tongues
  The New Age Movement
  Capital Punishment
  Euthanasia
  Seventh-day Adventists favor Tradition over Bible
 

 
  Ancient Mysteries
  Why Did God Permit Sin?
  Does it matter if Creation was Literal or Figurative?
  Why do we have a Seven Day Week?
  Pre Flood Civilization
  Was Behemoth an Elephant, Hippo or Dinosaur?
  Is the T-rex Dinosaur mentioned in the Bible?
  Did Humans and Dinosaurs Live Together?
  Were our Ancestors Giants?
  Was there an Ice Age in Job's Day?
  Does God have a 7000 Year Plan?
  Jesus' Real Birthday
  The Two Adams
  Parallels between the 2 Adams and Passover
  Supernatural Events recorded in 30 AD
  The 2nd Coming Predicted
  Will Jesus Rule over the Earth for 1000 Years?
 

 
  Features
  Dieting and the Christian
  Is the Bible Inspired?
  Are you Saved or Lost?
  Why do Christians Suffer?
  Is there Life after Death?
  Heaven
  What did Jesus Look Like?
  Was Peter the First Bishop of Rome?
  How did Isaiah know the Earth was round?
  Expanding Universe known in 700 BC
  What are the Seraphim & Cherubim?
  The Hound from Heaven
 

 

 
 Covetousness Bible Quotes & Promises
- Inspirational & Famous Quotes
-- Definitions & Meanings

 
 
 
Bible Quotes  
   
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
(Exodus 20:17)

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
(Deuteronomy 5:21)

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
(Psalm 10:3)

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
(Proverbs 1:19)

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
(Proverbs 21:25,26)

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
(Proverbs 22:16)

   
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
(Proverbs 23:4)
   
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
(Proverbs 30:8,9)
   
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
(Ecclesiastes 1:8)
   
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
(Ecclesiastes 4:8)
   
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
(Ecclesiastes 5:10,11)
   
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
(Matthew 6:19-21)
   
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
(Matthew 6:24,25)
   
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
(Matthew 6:31-33)
   
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
(Luke 12:15,33,34)

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
(1 John 2:15)

Inspirational Quotes from Famous People

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.
--
Christopher Marlowe quotes (English Elizabethan Poet and Playwright who is noted especially for his establishment of dramatic blank verse, 1564-1593)

Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.
-
Epictetus quotes (Greek philosopher associated with the Stoics, AD 55-c.135)

The evils of the body are, murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse, and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred, and error.
-
Buddha quotes (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil.
-
William Penn quotes (English Quaker leader and Founder of Pennsylvania, 1644-1718)

Riches have made more covetous men than covetousness hath made rich men.
--
Thomas Fuller quotes (British Clergyman and Writer, one of the most prolific authors of the 17th century. 1608-1661)

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.
--
William Shakespeare quotes (English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)7
 

Related Links
 
Quotations
Greed
Dissatisfied
Jealousy
  Bible Sermons
Live within your means
Psalm 23 - The Shepherd's Psalm
Fool's Bargain

 

 

The Bible and Covetousness

The love of money leads to evil. "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." I Timothy 6:10, NIV.

Coveting is a barrier to contentment. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." Exodus 20:17, NIV.

Materialism is a barrier to contentment. "People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction." I Timothy 6:9, NIV.

Greed often accompanies prosperity and can lead to crime. "What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Isn't it because there is a whole army of evil desires within you? You want what you don't have, so you kill to get it. You long for what others have, and can't afford it, so you start a fight to take it away from them. And yet the reason you don't have what you want is that you don't ask God for it." James 4:1-2, TLB

Wealth can give us wrong attitudes about material things. "Then [Jesus] said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." Luke 12:15, NIV5
 

 

MUSIC ALBUMS

 

Definition of Covetousness

1. inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.

2. eagerly desirous.4     
          

 

Greed in Theology

Greed is the excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of money, wealth, power. It is generally considered a vice, and is one of the seven deadly sins in Catholicism.8
 

 

Testimonials and Song Reviews

 
 

 

 
References and notes
The above Bible Promises are from the following books:
1.  The Bible Promise Book Barbour Publishing, Inc
2.  Promise of the Psalms Compiled by Ellen W. Caughey Barbour Publishing, Inc
3.  My Little Book of Promise - Christian Art Gifts
4.  Dictionary.com - http://dictionary.reference.com
5.  BibleInfo.com - http://www.bibleinfo.com/en
6.  Famous Quotes - http://home.att.net/~quotations/bible.html
7. ThinkExist.com - http://thinkexist.com/
8. Greed - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covetousness

Return to top

Contact
| Home | Previews | Music | Videos | Freebies |Quotes | Puzzles | Sermons | Commentaries | Comments | Donations | Links | Store
© 2004-14 Bible in Song All Rights Reserved.