Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Avarice’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Avarice’ occurs 25 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 18:21 Then provide, from all of the people, men capable and fearing God, in whom there is truth and who hate avarice, and appoint from them tribunes, and leaders of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens,Exodus 18:21
Number of the word / term Avarice in Exodus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 8:3 But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.1 Samuel 8:3
Number of the word / term Avarice in 1 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 119:36 Bend my heart with your testimonies, and not with avarice.Psalm 119:36
Number of the word / term Avarice in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 15:27 Whoever pursues avarice disturbs his own house. But whoever hates bribes shall live. Through mercy and faith, sins are purged. But through the fear of the Lord, each one turns aside from evil.Proverbs 15:27
Proverbs 28:16 A leader destitute of prudence will oppress many through false accusations. But whoever hates avarice shall prolong his days.Proverbs 28:16
Proverbs 29:4 A just king guides the land. A man of avarice will destroy it.Proverbs 29:4
Number of the word / term Avarice in Proverbs: 3
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 33:15 The one who walks in justice and speaks the truth, who casts out avarice with oppression and shakes all bribes from his hands, who blocks his ears so that he may not listen to blood, and closes his eyes so that he may not see evil.Isaiah 33:15
Isaiah 56:11 And these very imprudent dogs have never known satisfaction. The shepherds themselves do not know understanding. All have turned aside in their own way, each one to his own avarice, from the highest even to the least:Isaiah 56:11
Isaiah 57:17 Because of the iniquity of his avarice, I was angry, and I struck him down. I concealed my face from you, and I was angry. And he went astray by wandering in his heart.Isaiah 57:17
Number of the word / term Avarice in Isaiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 8:10 Because of this, I will give their wives to outsiders and their fields to others as an inheritance. For from the least, even to the greatest, they all pursue avarice; from the prophet, even to the priest, they all act with deceit.Jeremiah 8:10
Jeremiah 22:17 Yet truly, your eyes and your heart are toward avarice and the shedding of innocent blood, and toward false accusations and the pursuit of evil deeds.Jeremiah 22:17
Number of the word / term Avarice in Jeremiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 22:12 They have accepted bribes among you to shed blood. You have received usury and superabundance, and in avarice you have oppressed your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.Ezekiel 22:12
Ezekiel 22:13 Behold, I have clapped my hands over your avarice, which you have worked, and over the blood that has been shed in your midst.Ezekiel 22:13
Ezekiel 22:27 Her leaders in her midst are like wolves seizing the prey: to shed blood, and to perish souls, and to continually pursue profit with avarice.Ezekiel 22:27
Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.Ezekiel 33:31
Number of the word / term Avarice in Ezekiel: 4
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Amos
Amos 9:1 I saw the Lord standing over an altar, and he said: “Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shaken. For there is avarice at the head of them all, and I will execute the very last of them with the sword. There will be no escape for them. They will flee, and he who flees from among them will not be saved.Amos 9:1
Number of the word / term Avarice in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 23:25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you clean what is outside the cup and the dish, but on the inside you are full of avarice and impurity.Matthew 23:25
Number of the word / term Avarice in Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Mark
Mark 7:22 thefts, avarice, wickedness, deceitfulness, homosexuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, self-exaltation, foolishness.Mark 7:22
Number of the word / term Avarice in Mark: 1
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Luke
Luke 12:15 So he said to them: “Be cautious and wary of all avarice. For a person’s life is not found in the abundance of the things that he possesses.”Luke 12:15
Number of the word / term Avarice in Luke: 1
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Romans
Romans 1:29 having been completely filled with all iniquity, malice, fornication, avarice, wickedness; full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, spite, gossiping;Romans 1:29
Number of the word / term Avarice in Romans: 1
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Colossians
Colossians 3:5 Therefore, mortify your body, while it is upon the earth. For because of fornication, impurity, lust, evil desires, and avarice, which are a kind of service to idols,Colossians 3:5
Number of the word / term Avarice in Colossians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 2:5 And neither did we, at any time, become flattering in speech, as you know, nor did we seek an opportunity for avarice, as God is witness.1 Thessalonians 2:5
Number of the word / term Avarice in 1 Thessalonians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 13:5 Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, “I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you.”Hebrews 13:5
Number of the word / term Avarice in Hebrews: 1
Bible passages with ‘Avarice’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 2:3 And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep.2 Peter 2:3
2 Peter 2:14 having eyes full of adultery and of incessant offenses, luring unstable souls, having a heart well-trained in avarice, sons of curses!2 Peter 2:14
Number of the word / term ‘Avarice’ in 2 Peter: 2
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