Bible Cross References
they covet
Exodus 20:17
"Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns."
1 Kings 21:2-19
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One day Ahab said to Naboth, "Let me have your vineyard; it is close to my palace, and I want to use the land for a vegetable garden. I will give you a better vineyard for it or, if you prefer, I will pay you a fair price."
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"I inherited this vineyard from my ancestors," Naboth replied. "The LORD forbid that I should let you have it!"
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Ahab went home, depressed and angry over what Naboth had said to him. He lay down on his bed, facing the wall, and would not eat.
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His wife Jezebel went to him and asked, "Why are you so depressed? Why won't you eat?"
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He answered, "Because of what Naboth said to me. I offered to buy his vineyard or, if he preferred, to give him another one for it, but he told me that I couldn't have it!"
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"Well, are you the king or aren't you?" Jezebel replied. "Get out of bed, cheer up, and eat. I will get you Naboth's vineyard!"
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Then she wrote some letters, signed Ahab's name to them, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the officials and leading citizens of Jezreel.
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The letters said: "Proclaim a day of fasting, call the people together, and give Naboth the place of honor.
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Get a couple of scoundrels to accuse him to his face of cursing God and the king. Then take him out of the city and stone him to death."
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The officials and leading citizens of Jezreel did what Jezebel had commanded.
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They proclaimed a day of fasting, called the people together, and gave Naboth the place of honor.
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The two scoundrels publicly accused him of cursing God and the king, and so he was taken outside the city and stoned to death.
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The message was sent to Jezebel: "Naboth has been put to death."
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As soon as Jezebel received the message, she said to Ahab, "Naboth is dead. Now go and take possession of the vineyard which he refused to sell to you."
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At once Ahab went to the vineyard to take possession of it.
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Then the LORD said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe,
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"Go to King Ahab of Samaria. You will find him in Naboth's vineyard, about to take possession of it.
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Tell him that I, the LORD, say to him, 'After murdering the man, are you taking over his property as well?' Tell him that this is what I say: 'In the very place that the dogs licked up Naboth's blood they will lick up your blood!' "
Job 31:38
If I have stolen the land I farm and taken it from its rightful owners---
Isaiah 5:8
You are doomed! You buy more houses and fields to add to those you already have. Soon there will be no place for anyone else to live, and you alone will live in the land.
Jeremiah 22:17
But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The LORD has spoken.
Amos 8:4
Listen to this, you that trample on the needy and try to destroy the poor of the country.
Habakkuk 2:5-9
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Wealth is deceitful. Greedy people are proud and restless---like death itself they are never satisfied. That is why they conquer nation after nation for themselves.
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The conquered people will taunt their conquerors and show their scorn for them. They will say, "You take what isn't yours, but you are doomed! How long will you go on getting rich by forcing your debtors to pay up?"
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But before you know it, you that have conquered others will be in debt yourselves and be forced to pay interest. Enemies will come and make you tremble. They will plunder you!
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You have plundered the people of many nations, but now those who have survived will plunder you because of the murders you have committed and because of your violence against the people of the world and its cities.
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You are doomed! You have made your family rich with what you took by violence, and have tried to make your own home safe from harm and danger!
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil. Some have been so eager to have it that they have wandered away from the faith and have broken their hearts with many sorrows.
so
Micah 3:9
Listen to me, you rulers of Israel, you that hate justice and turn right into wrong.
Exodus 22:21-24
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"Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner; remember that you were foreigners in Egypt.
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Do not mistreat any widow or orphan.
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If you do, I, the LORD, will answer them when they cry out to me for help,
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and I will become angry and kill you in war. Your wives will become widows, and your children will be fatherless.
2 Kings 9:26
'I saw the murder of Naboth and his sons yesterday. And I promise that I will punish you here in this same field.' So take Joram's body," Jehu ordered his aide, "and throw it in the field that belonged to Naboth, so as to fulfill the LORD's promise."
Nehemiah 5:1-5
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Some time later many of the people, both men and women, began to complain against the other Jews.
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Some said, "We have large families, we need grain to keep us alive."
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Others said, "We have had to mortgage our fields and vineyards and houses to get enough grain to keep us from starving."
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Still others said, "We had to borrow money to pay the royal tax on our fields and vineyards.
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We are of the same race as the other Jews. Aren't our children just as good as theirs? But we have to make slaves of our children. Some of our daughters have already been sold as slaves. We are helpless because our fields and vineyards have been taken away from us."
Job 24:2-12
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People move property lines to get more land; they steal sheep and put them with their own flocks.
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They take donkeys that belong to orphans, and keep a widow's ox till she pays her debts.
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They prevent the poor from getting their rights and force the needy to run and hide.
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So the poor, like wild donkeys, search for food in the dry wilderness; nowhere else can they find food for their children.
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They have to harvest fields they don't own, and gather grapes in vineyards of the wicked.
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At night they sleep with nothing to cover them, nothing to keep them from the cold.
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They are drenched by the rain that falls on the mountains, and they huddle beside the rocks for shelter.
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Evil people make slaves of fatherless infants and take the children of the poor in payment for debts.
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But the poor must go out with no clothes to protect them; they must go hungry while harvesting wheat.
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They press olives for oil, and grapes for wine, but they themselves are thirsty.
12
In the cities the wounded and dying cry out, but God ignores their prayers.
Ezekiel 18:12
He cheats the poor, he robs, he keeps what a borrower gives him as security. He goes to pagan shrines, worships disgusting idols,
Ezekiel 22:12
Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Amos 8:4
Listen to this, you that trample on the needy and try to destroy the poor of the country.
Malachi 3:5
The LORD Almighty says, "I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners---against all who do not respect me.
Matthew 23:14
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oppress
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am. If I have done anything wrong, accuse me now in the presence of the LORD and the king he has chosen. Have I taken anybody's cow or anybody's donkey? Have I cheated or oppressed anyone? Have I accepted a bribe from anyone? If I have done any of these things, I will pay back what I have taken."
1 Samuel 12:4
The people answered, "No, you have not cheated us or oppressed us; you have not taken anything from anyone."