COVTOUSNESS AS OBSTACLES TO LIFE ETERNAL
BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
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LUKE 12:13-15
TAKE HEED, AND BEWARE
OF COVETOUSNESS
* ALL KIND OF GREED, A
DESIRE FOR MORE
* A GRAVY FOR BOTH
MATERIAL THINGS AND
FLESHY INDULGENCE
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13) And one of the Company
said unto him, Master, speak
to my brother, that he divide
the inheritance with me
14) And he said unto him,
man, who made me a judge
or a divider over you?
15) 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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*WRONGFUL DESIRE TO
POSSESS WHAT BELONGS BY
RIGHT TO ANOTHER
COMMENTARY
The big sin of the world: is
Desiring more and more,
show that the greedy man is
aggressively self-centered
,extravagant living and
materialistic :
WORLDLINESS, SELFISHNESS
INDULGENCE
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MATHEW 6:24
YOU CANNOT SERVE GOD
AND MAMMON:
Wealth/ money and GOD
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24)No man can serve two
master: for either he will
hate the one and love the
other, or else he will hold to
the, and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve GOD and
mammon
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MAMMON (SYRIAC)
FICTITIOUS: god of
wealth/money riches
*COMMENTARY
Desire money more than the
kingdom of GOD and its
righteousness (the danger of
accumulation of wealth)
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MARK 7: 20-23
THAT WHICH DEFILED A
MAN FROM WITHIN,
THEFTS, COVETOUSNESS
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20) And he said, that which
cometh out of the man, that
defileth the man
21) For from within, out of
the heart of men, p roceed
evil thoughts, adulteries,
fornication, murders
22) Thefts, covetousness,
wickedness, deceit,
lasciviousness, an evil eye,
blasphemy, pride foolishness
23) All these evil things
come from within, and
defiles the man
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COVETOUSNESS: all manner
of greed ( love of money)
*COMMENTARY
All type of craftiness by
which men profit themselves
at other men’s losses
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EXODUS 20:17
THOU SALT NOT COVET
NEIGHBOR HOUSE
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17) Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbor’s house, thou shalt
not covet thy neighbor’s
wife, n or his manservant, nor
maidservant, nor his ox, nor
his Ass nor any thing that is
thy neighbor
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COMMENTARY
Covetousness, according to
apostle Paul in C olossian 3:5
is Idolatry worshiping
wealth/ money
Naboth’s vineyard: 1 King
21:2
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EXODUS 23:8
AND T HOU SHALT TAKE NO
GIFT FOR THE GIFT
BLINDETH THE WISE
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8) And thou shalt take no g ift
for gift blindeth the wise, and
perverteth the words of the
righteous
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COMMENTARY
Thou shall take no bribe, the
corrupt administration of
justice was one of the crying
evil which provoke GOD’S
judgment against his people
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DEUTERONOMY 5:21
THOU SHALL NOT COVET
THY NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE
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21) Neither shalt thou desire
thy neighbor’s wife, neither
shalt thou covet thy neighbor
‘s house, his field, or his
manservant, or his
maidservant, his ox , or his
Ass, or any ting that is thy
neighbor’s
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COMMENTARY
The expression shows that is
a sin to desire or feel an
excessive for what belong to
another
Mathew 5:28
James 1:14
Proverbs :6:25
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DEUTERONOMY 8-17-18
FOR THE LORD THY G OD
FOR IT IS HE THAT GIVETH
THEE POWER TO GET
WEALTH
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17) And thou say in thine
heart, my power and the
might of mine hand hath
gotten me this wealth
18) But thou shalt remember
the LORD thy GOD: for it is he
that giveth thee power to get
wealth, that h e may
establish his covenant which
he swear unto thy fathers ,as
it is this day
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COMMENTARY
All things concerning this life proceed from GOD
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PSALM 10:3
THE COVETOUS WHOM THE
LORD A BHORRED
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3) For the wicked boasteth
of his heart’s desire, and
blesseth the covetous whom
the LORD abhorreth
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COMMENTARY
The wicked is characterized
by pride and boosting of their
ill gotten wealth which GOD
hate
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PSALM 62:10
SET NOT YOUR HEART UPON
RICHES
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10) Trust not in oppression,
and become not vain in
robbery: if riches increase,
set not your heart upon them
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COMMENTARY
Trust not in the power of
oppressing orders or in riches
gotten by oppression and
riches gotten by robbery and
thief
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PSALM 119:36
INCLINE THY HEART NOT
UNTO COVETOUSNESS
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36) Incline my h eart unto thy
testimonies, and not to
covetousness
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COMMENTARY
To read the word of GOD to
hear it and to observe keep
the thing contain therein and
not after to
covetousness/mammon
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JEREMIAH 6:13
FOR FROM THE LEAST OF
THEM EVEN UNTO THE
GREATEST OF T HEM EVERY
ONE IS GIVEN TO
COVETOUSNESS
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13) For from the least of
them even unto the greatest
of them every one is given to
covetousness; and from the
prophets even unto the
priest every one dealeth falsely
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COMMENTARY
From the least of them old young, rich poor, high and
low profession and
employment every one is
given to
Covetousness(Greedy of
filthy lucre, doing false hood
and lies
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JEREMIAH 8:10
THE LEAST TO THE
GREATEST IS GIVEN TO
COVETOUSNESS FROM THE
PROPHET TO THE PRIEST
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10) Therefore will I give
their wives unto others, and
their fields to them that shall
inherit them; for every one
from the least even unto the
greatest is given to
covetousness, from the
prophet, even unto the
priest, everyone dealeth
falsely
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COMMENTARY
Therefore will I give their
wives unto others to stranger
Chaldeans, shall enjoy their
land,.
That every is given to
covetousness: so greedy and
fraudulent about their
private gain
2 king 25:1-26
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JEREMIAH 22:17
BUT THINE EYES AND THINE
HEART ARE NOT BUT FOR
THY COVETOUSNESS
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17) But thine eyes and thine
heart are not but for thy
covetousness, and for to
shed innocent blood, and for
oppression, and for violence,
to do it
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COMMENTARY
But thine eyes and thine
heart are not but for thy
covetousness, and for to
shed innocent blood, and for
oppression and for violence
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JEREMIAH 51:13-14
THINE END IS COME THE
MEASURE OF THY
COVETOUSNESS
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13) O thou that dwellest
upon many waters, abundant
in treasures, thine end is
come, and the measure of
thy covetousness
14) The LORD of host hath
sworn by himself, saying,
surely I will fill thee with
men, as with caterpillars; and
they shall lift up a shout
against thee
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COMMENTARY
The unlawful act of having
more is called covetousness:
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EZEKIEL 22;12
THEY GREEDILY GAINED OF
THY NEIGHBOR BY
EXTORTION
THEY TAKE GIFTS TO SHED
INNOCENT BLOOD
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12) In thee have they taken
gift to shed blood; thou hast
taken usury and increase,
and thou hast greedily g ained
of thy neighbor by extortion,
and hast forgotten me, saith
the LORD GOD
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COMMENTARY
Judges and others has taken
gift to pervert justice and
protect the wicked
PROVERBS 17:23
ISAIAH 5:23
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EZEKIEL 22:25-31
THERE IS CONSPIRACY OF
HER PROPHETS IN THE MIDST
THEREOF, LIKE A ROARING
LION RAVENING THE PREY
THEY HAVE DEVOURED SOUL
THEY HAVE TAKEN TREASURE
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25) There is a conspiracy of
her prophets in the Midst
thereof, like a roaring lion
ravening the prey they have
devoured soul; they have
taken the t reasure and
precious things; they have
made her many widows in
the midst thereof
26) Her priests have violated
my law, and have profaned
mine holy things; they have
put no difference between
the holy and profane, neither
have they showed difference
between the unclean and the
clean, and have hid their eyes
from my Sabbaths, and I am
profaned among them
27)Her princes in the midst
thereof are like wolves
ravening the prey, to shed
blood, and to destroy souls,
to get dishonest gain
28) And her prophets have
daubed them with t empered
mortar, seeing vanity, and
diving lies unto them, saying,
thus saith the LORD GOD,
when the LORD hath not
spoken
29) The people of the land
have used oppression, and
exercised robbery, and have
vexed the poor and needy:
yea, they h ave oppressed the
stranger wrongfully
30) And I sought for a man
among them, that should
make up the hedge, and
stand in the gap before me
for the land, that i should not
destroy it: but I found none
31) Therefore have I poured
out mine indignation upon
them I have consumed them
with the fore of my wrath;
their own way have I
recompensed upon their
heads saith the LORD GOD
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COMMENTARY
A CONSPIRACY: a contrive
among the prophets to speak
all flattering, smooth words,
and give out promise of
peace and safety when there
is no peace,
THEY HAVE DEVOURED
SOULS: Have eat up,
impoverished, and sucked
dry, men
TAKEN THE TREASURE: the
prophets/priest drain
people of their riches by fake
prophesy
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EZEKIEL 33:31
THEIR HEART GO AFTER
COVETOUSNESS
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31) And they come unto
thee as the people cometh,
and they sit before thee as
my people, and they hear thy
words, but they will not do
them for with their mouth
they show much love, but
their heart goeth after their
covetousness
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COMMENTARY
THEIR HEART GOETH AFTER
THEIR COVETOUSNESS: their
desire, love and care is about
their gain, how to make
thriving bargains, how to
place out and secured their
money with religious
semantics
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MICAH 2:1-3
AND THEY COVET FIELDS
AND TAKE THEM BY
VIOLENCE
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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
3) Therefore thus saith the
LORD; behold, against this
family do I devise an evil,
from which he shall not to
move your necks; neither
shall ye go haughtily; for this
is evil
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COMMENTARY
COVET FIELDS OF POOR:
They covet and take bY
violence; houses, tear,
devour and swallow up the
poor man and his heritage
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MICAH 3:11-12
THE HEAD THEREOF JUDGE
FOR REWARD AND THE
PRIEST TEACH FOR HIRE
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11) The heads thereof judge
for reward, and the priests
thereof teach for hire, a nd
the prophets thereof divine
for money; yet will they lean
upon the LORD, and say is
not the LORD, among us?
None evil can come upon us
12)Therefore shall Z ion for
your sake be plowed as a
field, and Jerusalem shall
become heaps and the
mountain of the house as the
high places of the forest
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THE HEAD OF
GOVERNMENT, ask for
bribes, priest teach for hire
and prophets divine for
money
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MICAH 7:3
THE PRINCE ASKETH AND THE
JUDE ASKETH FOR A REWARD
THAT THEY MAY DO EVIL
WITH BOTH HANDS
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3) That they may do evil w ith
both hand earnestly, the
prince asketh, and the judge
asketh for reward;, and the
great man, he uttereth his
mischievous desire so they
wrap it up
4)The best of them is a as a
brier; the most upright is
sharper than a thrn h edge;
the day of thy watchmen and
thy visitation cometh; now
shall be their perplexity
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THEY DO EVIL WITH BOTH
HANDS : asking for reward to
shameless injustice to sell the
innocent and condemned the
righteous
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ISAIAH 1:23
THY PRINCES ARE
REBELLIOUS AND CAMPION
OF THIEVES
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23) Thy princes are
rebellious, and and
companions of thieves ;
every one loveth gifts, and
followeth after reward
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THE RULERS ARE
REBELLIOUS: Rebel
against their through king the
Almighty GOD
*Love gift, bribe given to
pervert justice
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ISAIAH 5:8
WOE UNTO THEM THAT
JOIN HOUSE TO HOUSE
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8) Woe unto them that join
house to house, that lay field
to field, till there be no place
alone in the midst of the
earth
9) In mine ears said the
LORD of host, of a truth
many houses shall be
desolate, even great and fair,
with out inhabitant
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That join house to house-
That seek to possess many
house
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ISAIAH 56:11
YEA, THEY ARE GREEDY
DOGS WHICH CAN NEVER
HAVE ENOUGH
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11) Yea, they are greedy
dogs, which can never have
enough, and they are
shepherds that cannot
understand: they all look to
their own way, every one for
his gain from his quarters
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PASTORS ,GREEDY DOGS
WHICH DESIRE IS MONEY;
Every one look to their own
way, every one for their gain
from his quarter
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JUDGMENT ON THE
PROPHETS
MICAH 3:5-7
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LUKE 12:16-21
COVETOUS RICH FOOL
Laying up treasure for
himself and not rich
towards GOD
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16) And he spake a parable
unto them, saying, the
ground of a certain r ich man
brought forth plentifully:
17) And he thought within
himself, saying, what shall I
do, because I have no room
where to bestow my fruits?
18) And he said , this will I
do I will pull down my barn’s,
and build greater; and there
will I bestow all my fruits and
my goods
19) And I will say to my soul,
soul, thou hath much goods
laid up for many years; take
thine ease eat, drink, and be
merry
20) But GOD said unto him
THOU FOOL, t his night thy
soul shall be required of
thee; then whose shall those
things be which thou hast
provided?
21) So is he that layeth up
treasure for himself, a nd is
not rich towards GOD
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SO IS HE THAT LAYETH UP
TREASURE FOR HIMSELF
AND IS NOT RICH TOWARDS
GOD:
GREED- Covetousness a
craving, desire for more, it is
greediness, a dissatisfaction
with what is enough.
*It includes cravings for both
material things and fleshly
indulgence
*It desire what belongs to
others
GREED/COVETOUSNESS
This man had gather all of
his treasure on earth but had
stored none in h eaven
TO BE RICH TOWARDS GOD*
*MATHEW: 25:34-46
*MATHEW :19:21
* LUKE 12:33
*LUKE 18:22
* I TIMOTHY 6:17-19
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PSALM 37:35-36
I HAVE SEEN THE WICKED
ARE CUT OFF
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35) I have seen the wicked in
great power, and spreading
himself like a green bay tree
36) Yet he passed away, and,
lo he was not: yea, I sought
him, but he could no be
found
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PROVERBS 1:19
SO ARE THE WAYS OF
EVERY ONE THAT IS GREEDY
OF GRAIN,
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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 grain;
which taketh away the life of
the owners thereof
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TO SEEK GAIN BY
UNRIGHTEOUS AND WICKED
PRACTICE
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PROVERBS 21:26
HE COVETETH GREEDILY ALL
THE DAY LONG
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26) He coveteth greedily all
the day long: but the
righteous giveth and spareth
not
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ALL DAY LONG: spend his
whole time in vain and lazy
desire, but not labor
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PROVERBS 23 :4-5
LABOR NOT TO BE RICH
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4) Labor not to be rich:
cease from thine own
wisdom
5) Wilt thou set thine eyes
upon that which is not? For
riches certainly make
themselves wings; they fly
away as an eagle toward
heaven
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BESTOW NOT THE GIFTS
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU
To worldly riches but for the
Kingdom of GOD and its
righteousness
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PROVERBS 15:27
HE THAT IS GREEDY OF
GRAIN TROUBLED HIS
HOUSE
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27) he that greedy of grain
troubleth his own house; but
he that hateth gifts shall live
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HE THAT GREEDY OF GRAIN:
that seeketh wealth by unjust
courses
TROBULETH HIS OWN
HOUSE: b ring god’s and
destruction upon himself and
family
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MATHEW 6;19-20
LAY NOT UP FOR YOURSELF
UPON EARTH
(ACCUMULATION OF
THINGS)
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19) Lay not up for
yourselves treasures upon
earth, where moth and rust
doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and
steal
20) But lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves
do not break through nor
steal
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TREASURE IN HEAVEN
Are rich in good works
LUKE 12:33
LUKE 18:22
MATHEW 19:20
1 TIMOTHY 6:17-19
DEU. 14:28-29
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MATTHEW 16:26
WHAT SHALL IT P ROFIT A
MAN TO GAIN THE WHOLE
WORLD AND LOSE HIS OWN
SOUL
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26) For what is man profited
if he shall gain the whole
world and lose his own soul?
Or what shall man a give in
exchange for his soul
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FOR WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT
A MAN: T o gain the whole
world o f all the riches that is
not towards GOD
TO LOOSE HIS SOUL: t o be
cast into everlasting fire for
accumulating wordily riches
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MATHEW 19:23-24
THAT A RICH MAN SHALL
HARDLY ENTER INTO THE
KINGDOM OF GOD
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23) Then said JESUS unto his
disciples, Verily I say u nto
you, that a rich man shall
hardly enter into the
kingdom of heaven
24) And again I say unto
you, it is easier for a camel to
go through the eye of a
needle, than for a rich man
to enter into the kingdom of
GOD
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THE LIMITATION OF RICHES
FOR ETERNAL LIFE:
Riches towards GOD
LUKE 18:22 D istributing to
the poor
LUKE 14:12-14 Distribute to
the poor, lame maimed and
blind
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MATHEW 23:14
FOR YE DEVOUR WIDOWS’
HOUSES AND FOR A
PRETENSE PRAY LONG
PRAYER
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14) Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye devour widows house,
and for a pretense make
long prayer; therefore ye
shall receive t he greater
damnation
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EXERCISING COVETOUSNESS
AND EXTORTION: B y virtue
of their ecclesiastical power
or influence, persuading
widows to give them their
estate, while by their long
prayer they were raised
above filthy lucre
*liberally, under long
praying, and double
wickedness in them: they
devour widows goods under
the pretense of godliness
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