COL. III, 5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. HEB. XIII, 5. Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. PSALM X, 3. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. MICAH II, 1. Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2. And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. HAB. II, 9. Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! MARK VII, 22. Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23. All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. EPH. V, 5. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. PROV. XXVII, 20. Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. ECCL. IV, 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 labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. ECCL. V, 10. He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 2. UNJUST MEANS OF ACQUIRING PROPERTY CONDEMNED. PROV. I, 18. And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. 19. So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. 1 TIM. VI, 9. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. MATT. XVI, 26. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? JOB XXVII, 8. For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9. Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? PROV. XIII, 7. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. 1 TIM. VI, 7. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.