Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
General references
Bible References
Lust
James 5:1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
Proverbs 1:19 So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors.
It takes away the life of its possessors.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.
Habakkuk 2:5 “Furthermore, wine betrays the haughty man,
So that he does notstay at home.
Heenlarges his appetite like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He also gathers to himself all nations
And collects to himself all peoples.
So that he does not
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And he is like death, never satisfied.
He also gathers to himself all nations
And collects to himself all peoples.
1 Timothy 6:9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.
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Galatians 5:15
But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.