36 [a]Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
And not to (A)covetousness.

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  1. Psalm 119:36 Cause me to long for

36 (A)Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
And not to (B)dishonest gain.

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36 Turn my heart(A) toward your statutes
    and not toward selfish gain.(B)

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21 (A)For from within, out of the heart of men, (B)proceed evil thoughts, (C)adulteries, (D)fornications, murders, 22 thefts, (E)covetousness, wickedness, (F)deceit, (G)lewdness, an evil eye, (H)blasphemy, (I)pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

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21 For from within, out of the [a]hearts of people, come the evil thoughts, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, acts of adultery, 22 deeds of greed, wickedness, deceit, indecent behavior, [b](A)envy, slander, [c]pride, and foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile the person.”

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  1. Mark 7:21 heart
  2. Mark 7:22 Lit an evil eye
  3. Mark 7:22 Or arrogance

21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed,(A) malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

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But fornication and all (A)uncleanness or (B)covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

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But (A)sexual immorality [a]or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among [b]saints;

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  1. Ephesians 5:3 Lit and all
  2. Ephesians 5:3 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality,(A) or of any kind of impurity, or of greed,(B) because these are improper for God’s holy people.

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For [a]this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any (A)inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

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  1. Ephesians 5:5 NU know this

For this you know with certainty, that (A)no sexually immoral or [a]impure or greedy person, which [b]amounts to an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom (B)of Christ and God.

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  1. Ephesians 5:5 I.e., morally impure
  2. Ephesians 5:5 Lit is

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater(A)—has any inheritance(B) in the kingdom of Christ and of God.[a](C)

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  1. Ephesians 5:5 Or kingdom of the Messiah and God

11 But now I have written to you not to keep company (A)with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—(B)not even to eat with such a person.

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11 But [a]actually, I [b]wrote to you not to associate [c]with any so-called (A)brother if he is a sexually immoral person, or a greedy person, or (B)an idolater, or is verbally abusive, or habitually drunk, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a person.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:11 Lit now
  2. 1 Corinthians 5:11 Or have written
  3. 1 Corinthians 5:11 Lit together if anyone called a brother is

11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister[a](A) but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater(B) or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.(C)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 8:11, 13.

15 And He said to them, (A)“Take heed and beware of [a]covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”

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  1. Luke 12:15 NU all covetousness

15 But He said to them, (A)Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one is affluent does his life consist of his possessions.”

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15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”(A)

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36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?

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36 For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

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36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

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17 (A)“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; (B)you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

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17 (A)You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; (B)you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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17 “You shall not covet(A) your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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[a]useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. [b]From (A)such withdraw yourself.

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:5 NU, M constant friction
  2. 1 Timothy 6:5 NU omits the rest of v. 5.

and constant friction between (A)people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who (B)suppose that [a]godliness is a means of gain.

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:5 Or religion

and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth(A) and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

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