Luke 12:15 Cross References - ACV

¹⁵ And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.

²¹ When I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them. And, behold, they are hid in the ground in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

⁴ And Satan answered LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.

²⁴ If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, Thou are my confidence; ²⁵ if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

³ For the wicked man boasts of his heart's desire. And the greedy man renounces, yea, despises LORD.

¹⁶ Better is a little that the righteous man has than the abundance of many wicked men.

¹⁰ Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart on it.

³⁶ Incline my heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. ³⁷ Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and enliven me in thy ways.

¹⁶ Better is little with the fear of LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it.

¹⁶ How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

⁴ Weary not thyself to be rich. Out of thine own wisdom, cease. ⁵ Will thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For it certainly makes itself wings, like an eagle that flies toward heaven.

¹⁶ The ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.

⁶ Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind. ⁷ Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun. ⁸ There is one man who is alone, and he has not a second, yea, he has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end of all his labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, he says, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a great travail.

¹⁰ He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. ¹¹ When goods increase, they are increased who eat them. And what advantage is there to the owner of it, except the beholding of them with his eyes? ¹² The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep. ¹³ There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches were kept by the owner of it to his hurt. ¹⁴ And those riches perish in a bad venture. And if he has begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand. ¹⁵ As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand. ¹⁶ And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit has he that he labored for the wind?

¹³ For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness. And from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

¹⁷ But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. ¹⁸ Therefore thus says LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah. They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

² And they covet fields, and seize them, and houses, and take them away. And they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

⁹ Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

²⁵ Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing? ²⁶ Look to the birds of the sky, because they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not more valuable then they?

²² covetings, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, reviling, pride, foolishness.

¹⁴ And that which fell in the thorns, these are those who heard, and as they go they are choked by cares and wealth and pleasures of life, and do not bring to maturity.

¹⁴ And the Pharisees, being lovers of money, heard all these things, and they sneered him.

³⁴ But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.

¹⁰ and not at all with the fornicators of this world, or with greedy men, or with predators, or with idolaters, since then ye would need to go out of the world. ¹¹ But now I write to you not to associate if any man who is called a brother is a fornicator, or a greedy man, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or a predator, not even to eat with such kind.

¹⁰ nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God.

³ But fornication, and all uncleanness, or greed, shall not even be named among you as befits the sanctified, ⁴ also indecency, and foolish talking or jesting, things not befitting, but thankfulness instead. ⁵ For ye are men who know this, that no fornicator, or unclean man, or covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.

⁵ Put to death therefore your body-parts on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

⁶ But piety with contentment is great gain, ⁷ for we brought nothing into the world. It is clear that neither can we carry anything out, ⁸ but having food and covering we will be content with these. ⁹ But those who want to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, which sink men in destruction and ruin. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

² For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, impious,

⁵ The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.

³ And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.

¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery, and unceasing sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, children of a curse,