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.
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And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
Joshua
HistoryAnd it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
Exodus
Law / MosesI had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms
PoetryCast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
2 Chronicles
HistoryEvil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
1 Kings
HistoryTherefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsAnd Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
Joshua
History / JoshuaSo the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
Deuteronomy
LawBut thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
Psalms
PoetryYe know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.