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Job 27:8
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For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?
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Ps 118:36
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Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
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Prov 28:16
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A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days.
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Isa 57:17
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For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and I struck him: I hid my face from thee, and was angry: and he went away wandering in his own heart.
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Jer 6:13
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For from the least of them even to the greatest, all are given to covetousness: and from the prophet even to the priest, all are guilty of deceit.
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Jer 8:10
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Therefore will I give their women to strangers, their fields to others for an inheritance: because from the least even to the greatest all follow covetousness: from the prophet even to the priest, all deal deceitfully.
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Jer 22:17
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But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness, and upon shedding innocent blood, and upon oppression, and running after evil works.
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Ezech 22:13
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Behold, I have clapped my hands at thy covetousness, which thou hast exercised and at the blood that hath been shed: In the midst of thee.
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Ezech 22:27
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Her princes in the midst of her, are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood, and to destroy souls, and to run after gains through covetousness.
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Ezech 33:31
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And they come to thee, as if a people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.
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Amos 9:1
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I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered.
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Hab 2:9
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Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil.
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II Mac 4:50
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And so through the covetousness of them that were in power, Menelaus continued in authority, increasing in malice to the betraying of the citizens.
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II Mac 10:20
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Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for the sake of money by some that were in the towers: and taking seventy thousand didrachmas, let some of them escape.
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Mk 7:22
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Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
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Lk 12:15
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And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.
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II Cor 9:5
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Therefore I thought it necessary to desire the brethren that they would go to you before, and prepare this blessing before promised, to be ready, so as a blessing, not as covetousness.
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Eph 4:19
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Who despairing, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, unto the working of all uncleanness, unto covetousness.
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Eph 5:3
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But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints:
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Col 3:5
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Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is the service of idols.
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I Thess 2:5
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For neither have we used, at any time, the speech of flattery, as you know; nor taken an occasion of covetousness, God is witness:
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Heb 13:5
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Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have; for he hath said: I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
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II Pet 2:3
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And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their perdition slumbereth not.
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II Pet 2:14
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Having eyes full of adultery and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring unstable souls, having their heart exercised with covetousness, children of malediction:
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