Exodus 20:17 No lusting after your neighbor’s house—or wife or servant or maid or ox or donkey. Don’t set your heart on anything that is your neighbor’s. * * *

20:17 MSG

逐节对照

The Message - No lusting after your neighbor’s house—or wife or servant or maid or ox or donkey. Don’t set your heart on anything that is your neighbor’s. * * *
新标点和合本 - “不可贪恋人的房屋；也不可贪恋人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴，并他一切所有的。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “不可贪恋你邻舍的房屋；不可贪恋你邻舍的妻子、奴仆、婢女、牛驴，以及他一切所有的。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “不可贪恋你邻舍的房屋；不可贪恋你邻舍的妻子、奴仆、婢女、牛驴，以及他一切所有的。”
当代译本 - 不可贪恋别人的房屋，不可贪恋别人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴或其他任何物品。”
圣经新译本 - “不可贪爱你邻舍的房屋；不可贪爱你邻舍的妻子、仆婢、牛驴和他的任何东西。”
中文标准译本 - 不可贪爱你邻人的房屋，不可贪爱你邻人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴，以及任何属于你邻人的东西。”
现代标点和合本 - “不可贪恋人的房屋，也不可贪恋人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴并他一切所有的。”
和合本（拼音版） - “不可贪恋人的房屋；也不可贪恋人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴，并他一切所有的。”
New International Version - “You shall not covet 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.”
New International Reader's Version - “Do not want to have anything your neighbor owns. Do not want to have your neighbor’s house, wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey.”
English Standard Version - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
New Living Translation - “You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.”
Christian Standard Bible - Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
New American Standard Bible - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; 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.”
New King James Version - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; 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.”
Amplified Bible - “You shall not covet [that is, selfishly desire and attempt to acquire] your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
American Standard Version - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.
King James Version - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
New English Translation - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. 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 belongs to your neighbor.”
World English Bible - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. 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.”
新標點和合本 - 「不可貪戀人的房屋；也不可貪戀人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢，並他一切所有的。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「不可貪戀你鄰舍的房屋；不可貪戀你鄰舍的妻子、奴僕、婢女、牛驢，以及他一切所有的。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「不可貪戀你鄰舍的房屋；不可貪戀你鄰舍的妻子、奴僕、婢女、牛驢，以及他一切所有的。」
當代譯本 - 不可貪戀別人的房屋，不可貪戀別人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢或其他任何物品。」
聖經新譯本 - “不可貪愛你鄰舍的房屋；不可貪愛你鄰舍的妻子、僕婢、牛驢和他的任何東西。”
呂振中譯本 - 『不可貪愛你鄰舍的家，不可貪愛你鄰舍的妻子、奴僕、使女、牛、驢、和你鄰舍的任何東西。』
中文標準譯本 - 不可貪愛你鄰人的房屋，不可貪愛你鄰人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢，以及任何屬於你鄰人的東西。」
現代標點和合本 - 「不可貪戀人的房屋，也不可貪戀人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢並他一切所有的。」
文理和合譯本 - 毋貪人之第宅、與其妻室、僕婢牛驢、及凡所有、○
文理委辦譯本 - 毋貪人宅第、妻室、僕婢、牛驢、與凡屬於人者。○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 毋貪人之宅、毋貪人之妻、與奴婢牛驢、及其凡所有者、○
Nueva Versión Internacional - »No codicies la casa de tu prójimo: No codicies su esposa, ni su esclavo, ni su esclava, ni su buey, ni su burro, ni nada que le pertenezca».
현대인의 성경 - “너희 이웃집을 탐내지 말아라. 너희 이웃의 아내나 종이나 소나 나귀나 너희 이웃이 소유한 그 어떤 것도 탐을 내서는 안 된다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Не желай дома ближнего твоего. Не желай жены твоего ближнего, его слуги или служанки, его вола или осла: ничего из того, что принадлежит ближнему твоему.
Восточный перевод - Не желай дома ближнего твоего. Не желай жены ближнего твоего, его слуги или служанки, его вола или осла: ничего из того, что принадлежит ближнему твоему.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Не желай дома ближнего твоего. Не желай жены ближнего твоего, его слуги или служанки, его вола или осла: ничего из того, что принадлежит ближнему твоему.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Не желай дома ближнего твоего. Не желай жены ближнего твоего, его слуги или служанки, его вола или осла: ничего из того, что принадлежит ближнему твоему.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Tu ne convoiteras pas la maison de ton prochain, tu ne convoiteras pas la femme de ton prochain, ni son serviteur, ni sa servante, ni son bœuf, ni son âne, ni rien qui appartienne à ton prochain .
リビングバイブル - 隣人の家をうらやんではならない。隣人の妻に情欲を燃やしたり、使用人、牛、ろば、そのほか何でも、隣人の持ち物を欲しがったり、持ち主をねたんだりしてはならない。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Não cobiçarás a casa do teu próximo. Não cobiçarás a mulher do teu próximo, nem seus servos ou servas, nem seu boi ou jumento, nem coisa alguma que lhe pertença”.
Hoffnung für alle - Du sollst nicht begehren, was deinem Mitmenschen gehört: weder sein Haus noch seine Frau, seinen Knecht oder seine Magd, Rinder oder Esel oder irgendetwas anderes, was ihm gehört.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Không được tham muốn nhà cửa, vợ, tôi trai, tớ gái, bò, lừa, hoặc vật gì khác của người lân cận mình.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “อย่าโลภอยากได้บ้านเรือนของเพื่อนบ้าน อย่าโลภอยากได้ภรรยาของเพื่อนบ้านหรือคนรับใช้ชายหญิงของเขา วัวหรือลาของเขา หรือสิ่งใดๆ ที่เป็นของเพื่อนบ้านของเจ้า”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - อย่าโลภ อยากได้บ้านเรือนของเพื่อนบ้านเจ้า อย่าโลภอยากได้ภรรยาของเพื่อนบ้านเจ้า หรือผู้รับใช้ชายและหญิงของเขา โคหรือลาของเขา หรืออะไรก็ตามที่เป็นของเพื่อนบ้านของเจ้า”

交叉引用

Proverbs 6:24 - They’ll protect you from promiscuous women, from the seductive talk of some temptress. Don’t lustfully fantasize on her beauty, nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes. You can buy an hour with a prostitute for a loaf of bread, but a promiscuous woman may well eat you alive. Can you build a fire in your lap and not burn your pants? Can you walk barefoot on hot coals and not get blisters? It’s the same when you have sex with your neighbor’s wife: Touch her and you’ll pay for it. No excuses. Hunger is no excuse for a thief to steal; When he’s caught he has to pay it back, even if he has to put his whole house in hock. Adultery is a brainless act, soul-destroying, self-destructive; Expect a bloody nose, a black eye, and a reputation ruined for good. For jealousy detonates rage in a cheated husband; wild for revenge, he won’t make allowances. Nothing you say or pay will make it all right; neither bribes nor reason will satisfy him.
2 Samuel 11:2 - One late afternoon, David got up from taking his nap and was strolling on the roof of the palace. From his vantage point on the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was stunningly beautiful. David sent to ask about her, and was told, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?” David sent his agents to get her. After she arrived, he went to bed with her. (This occurred during the time of “purification” following her period.) Then she returned home. Before long she realized she was pregnant. Later she sent word to David: “I’m pregnant.”
Acts 20:33 - “I’ve never, as you so well know, had any taste for wealth or fashion. With these bare hands I took care of my own basic needs and those who worked with me. In everything I’ve done, I have demonstrated to you how necessary it is to work on behalf of the weak and not exploit them. You’ll not likely go wrong here if you keep remembering that our Master said, ‘You’re far happier giving than getting.’”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 - The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, Nor the one who loves wealth with big profits. More smoke.
Ecclesiastes 5:11 - The more loot you get, the more looters show up. And what fun is that—to be robbed in broad daylight?
Job 31:1 - “I made a solemn pact with myself never to undress a girl with my eyes. So what can I expect from God? What do I deserve from God Almighty above? Isn’t calamity reserved for the wicked? Isn’t disaster supposed to strike those who do wrong? Isn’t God looking, observing how I live? Doesn’t he mark every step I take?
Amos 2:6 - God’s Message: “Because of the three great sins of Israel —make that four—I’m not putting up with them any longer. They buy and sell upstanding people. People for them are only things—ways of making money. They’d sell a poor man for a pair of shoes. They’d sell their own grandmother! They grind the penniless into the dirt, shove the luckless into the ditch. Everyone and his brother sleeps with the ‘sacred whore’— a sacrilege against my Holy Name. Stuff they’ve extorted from the poor is piled up at the shrine of their god, While they sit around drinking wine they’ve conned from their victims.
Genesis 3:6 - When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she’d know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Luke 16:14 - When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. So Jesus spoke to them: “You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what’s behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous. God’s Law and the Prophets climaxed in John; Now it’s all kingdom of God—the glad news and compelling invitation to every man and woman. The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve before a single letter of God’s Law wears out. Using the legalities of divorce as a cover for lust is adultery; Using the legalities of marriage as a cover for lust is adultery.
1 Timothy 6:6 - A devout life does bring wealth, but it’s the rich simplicity of being yourself before God. Since we entered the world penniless and will leave it penniless, if we have bread on the table and shoes on our feet, that’s enough.
1 Timothy 6:9 - But if it’s only money these leaders are after, they’ll self-destruct in no time. Lust for money brings trouble and nothing but trouble. Going down that path, some lose their footing in the faith completely and live to regret it bitterly ever after.
Habakkuk 2:9 - “Who do you think you are— recklessly grabbing and looting, Living it up, acting like king of the mountain, acting above it all, above trials and troubles? You’ve engineered the ruin of your own house. In ruining others you’ve ruined yourself. You’ve undermined your foundations, rotted out your own soul. The bricks of your house will speak up and accuse you. The woodwork will step forward with evidence.
Ephesians 5:5 - You can be sure that using people or religion or things just for what you can get out of them—the usual variations on idolatry—will get you nowhere, and certainly nowhere near the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of God.
Proverbs 4:23 - Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that’s where life starts. Don’t talk out of both sides of your mouth; avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip. Keep your eyes straight ahead; ignore all sideshow distractions. Watch your step, and the road will stretch out smooth before you. Look neither right nor left; leave evil in the dust.
Job 31:9 - “If I’ve let myself be seduced by a woman and conspired to go to bed with her, Fine, my wife has every right to go ahead and sleep with anyone she wants to. For disgusting behavior like that, I’d deserve the worst punishment you could hand out. Adultery is a fire that burns the house down; I wouldn’t expect anything I count dear to survive it.
Psalms 10:3 - The wicked are windbags, the swindlers have foul breath. The wicked snub God, their noses stuck high in the air. Their graffiti are scrawled on the walls: “Catch us if you can!” “God is dead.”
Isaiah 33:15 - The answer’s simple: Live right, speak the truth, despise exploitation, refuse bribes, reject violence, avoid evil amusements. This is how you raise your standard of living! A safe and stable way to live. A nourishing, satisfying way to live.
Ephesians 5:3 - Don’t allow love to turn into lust, setting off a downhill slide into sexual promiscuity, filthy practices, or bullying greed. Though some tongues just love the taste of gossip, those who follow Jesus have better uses for language than that. Don’t talk dirty or silly. That kind of talk doesn’t fit our style. Thanksgiving is our dialect.
Hebrews 13:5 - Don’t be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,” we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I’m fearless no matter what. Who or what can get to me?
Colossians 3:5 - And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That’s a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God. It’s because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger. It wasn’t long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now, so make sure it’s all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.
Romans 7:7 - But I can hear you say, “If the law code was as bad as all that, it’s no better than sin itself.” That’s certainly not true. The law code had a perfectly legitimate function. Without its clear guidelines for right and wrong, moral behavior would be mostly guesswork. Apart from the succinct, surgical command, “You shall not covet,” I could have dressed covetousness up to look like a virtue and ruined my life with it.
Luke 12:15 - Speaking to the people, he went on, “Take care! Protect yourself against the least bit of greed. Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a lot.”

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - No lusting after your neighbor’s house—or wife or servant or maid or ox or donkey. Don’t set your heart on anything that is your neighbor’s. * * *
新标点和合本 - “不可贪恋人的房屋；也不可贪恋人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴，并他一切所有的。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “不可贪恋你邻舍的房屋；不可贪恋你邻舍的妻子、奴仆、婢女、牛驴，以及他一切所有的。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “不可贪恋你邻舍的房屋；不可贪恋你邻舍的妻子、奴仆、婢女、牛驴，以及他一切所有的。”
当代译本 - 不可贪恋别人的房屋，不可贪恋别人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴或其他任何物品。”
圣经新译本 - “不可贪爱你邻舍的房屋；不可贪爱你邻舍的妻子、仆婢、牛驴和他的任何东西。”
中文标准译本 - 不可贪爱你邻人的房屋，不可贪爱你邻人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴，以及任何属于你邻人的东西。”
现代标点和合本 - “不可贪恋人的房屋，也不可贪恋人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴并他一切所有的。”
和合本（拼音版） - “不可贪恋人的房屋；也不可贪恋人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴，并他一切所有的。”
New International Version - “You shall not covet 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.”
New International Reader's Version - “Do not want to have anything your neighbor owns. Do not want to have your neighbor’s house, wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey.”
English Standard Version - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
New Living Translation - “You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.”
Christian Standard Bible - Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
New American Standard Bible - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; 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.”
New King James Version - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; 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.”
Amplified Bible - “You shall not covet [that is, selfishly desire and attempt to acquire] your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
American Standard Version - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.
King James Version - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
New English Translation - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. 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 belongs to your neighbor.”
World English Bible - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. 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.”
新標點和合本 - 「不可貪戀人的房屋；也不可貪戀人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢，並他一切所有的。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「不可貪戀你鄰舍的房屋；不可貪戀你鄰舍的妻子、奴僕、婢女、牛驢，以及他一切所有的。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「不可貪戀你鄰舍的房屋；不可貪戀你鄰舍的妻子、奴僕、婢女、牛驢，以及他一切所有的。」
當代譯本 - 不可貪戀別人的房屋，不可貪戀別人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢或其他任何物品。」
聖經新譯本 - “不可貪愛你鄰舍的房屋；不可貪愛你鄰舍的妻子、僕婢、牛驢和他的任何東西。”
呂振中譯本 - 『不可貪愛你鄰舍的家，不可貪愛你鄰舍的妻子、奴僕、使女、牛、驢、和你鄰舍的任何東西。』
中文標準譯本 - 不可貪愛你鄰人的房屋，不可貪愛你鄰人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢，以及任何屬於你鄰人的東西。」
現代標點和合本 - 「不可貪戀人的房屋，也不可貪戀人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢並他一切所有的。」
文理和合譯本 - 毋貪人之第宅、與其妻室、僕婢牛驢、及凡所有、○
文理委辦譯本 - 毋貪人宅第、妻室、僕婢、牛驢、與凡屬於人者。○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 毋貪人之宅、毋貪人之妻、與奴婢牛驢、及其凡所有者、○
Nueva Versión Internacional - »No codicies la casa de tu prójimo: No codicies su esposa, ni su esclavo, ni su esclava, ni su buey, ni su burro, ni nada que le pertenezca».
현대인의 성경 - “너희 이웃집을 탐내지 말아라. 너희 이웃의 아내나 종이나 소나 나귀나 너희 이웃이 소유한 그 어떤 것도 탐을 내서는 안 된다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Не желай дома ближнего твоего. Не желай жены твоего ближнего, его слуги или служанки, его вола или осла: ничего из того, что принадлежит ближнему твоему.
Восточный перевод - Не желай дома ближнего твоего. Не желай жены ближнего твоего, его слуги или служанки, его вола или осла: ничего из того, что принадлежит ближнему твоему.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Не желай дома ближнего твоего. Не желай жены ближнего твоего, его слуги или служанки, его вола или осла: ничего из того, что принадлежит ближнему твоему.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Не желай дома ближнего твоего. Не желай жены ближнего твоего, его слуги или служанки, его вола или осла: ничего из того, что принадлежит ближнему твоему.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Tu ne convoiteras pas la maison de ton prochain, tu ne convoiteras pas la femme de ton prochain, ni son serviteur, ni sa servante, ni son bœuf, ni son âne, ni rien qui appartienne à ton prochain .
リビングバイブル - 隣人の家をうらやんではならない。隣人の妻に情欲を燃やしたり、使用人、牛、ろば、そのほか何でも、隣人の持ち物を欲しがったり、持ち主をねたんだりしてはならない。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Não cobiçarás a casa do teu próximo. Não cobiçarás a mulher do teu próximo, nem seus servos ou servas, nem seu boi ou jumento, nem coisa alguma que lhe pertença”.
Hoffnung für alle - Du sollst nicht begehren, was deinem Mitmenschen gehört: weder sein Haus noch seine Frau, seinen Knecht oder seine Magd, Rinder oder Esel oder irgendetwas anderes, was ihm gehört.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Không được tham muốn nhà cửa, vợ, tôi trai, tớ gái, bò, lừa, hoặc vật gì khác của người lân cận mình.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “อย่าโลภอยากได้บ้านเรือนของเพื่อนบ้าน อย่าโลภอยากได้ภรรยาของเพื่อนบ้านหรือคนรับใช้ชายหญิงของเขา วัวหรือลาของเขา หรือสิ่งใดๆ ที่เป็นของเพื่อนบ้านของเจ้า”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - อย่าโลภ อยากได้บ้านเรือนของเพื่อนบ้านเจ้า อย่าโลภอยากได้ภรรยาของเพื่อนบ้านเจ้า หรือผู้รับใช้ชายและหญิงของเขา โคหรือลาของเขา หรืออะไรก็ตามที่เป็นของเพื่อนบ้านของเจ้า”

Proverbs 6:24 - They’ll protect you from promiscuous women, from the seductive talk of some temptress. Don’t lustfully fantasize on her beauty, nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes. You can buy an hour with a prostitute for a loaf of bread, but a promiscuous woman may well eat you alive. Can you build a fire in your lap and not burn your pants? Can you walk barefoot on hot coals and not get blisters? It’s the same when you have sex with your neighbor’s wife: Touch her and you’ll pay for it. No excuses. Hunger is no excuse for a thief to steal; When he’s caught he has to pay it back, even if he has to put his whole house in hock. Adultery is a brainless act, soul-destroying, self-destructive; Expect a bloody nose, a black eye, and a reputation ruined for good. For jealousy detonates rage in a cheated husband; wild for revenge, he won’t make allowances. Nothing you say or pay will make it all right; neither bribes nor reason will satisfy him.
2 Samuel 11:2 - One late afternoon, David got up from taking his nap and was strolling on the roof of the palace. From his vantage point on the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was stunningly beautiful. David sent to ask about her, and was told, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?” David sent his agents to get her. After she arrived, he went to bed with her. (This occurred during the time of “purification” following her period.) Then she returned home. Before long she realized she was pregnant. Later she sent word to David: “I’m pregnant.”
Acts 20:33 - “I’ve never, as you so well know, had any taste for wealth or fashion. With these bare hands I took care of my own basic needs and those who worked with me. In everything I’ve done, I have demonstrated to you how necessary it is to work on behalf of the weak and not exploit them. You’ll not likely go wrong here if you keep remembering that our Master said, ‘You’re far happier giving than getting.’”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 - The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, Nor the one who loves wealth with big profits. More smoke.
Ecclesiastes 5:11 - The more loot you get, the more looters show up. And what fun is that—to be robbed in broad daylight?
Job 31:1 - “I made a solemn pact with myself never to undress a girl with my eyes. So what can I expect from God? What do I deserve from God Almighty above? Isn’t calamity reserved for the wicked? Isn’t disaster supposed to strike those who do wrong? Isn’t God looking, observing how I live? Doesn’t he mark every step I take?
Amos 2:6 - God’s Message: “Because of the three great sins of Israel —make that four—I’m not putting up with them any longer. They buy and sell upstanding people. People for them are only things—ways of making money. They’d sell a poor man for a pair of shoes. They’d sell their own grandmother! They grind the penniless into the dirt, shove the luckless into the ditch. Everyone and his brother sleeps with the ‘sacred whore’— a sacrilege against my Holy Name. Stuff they’ve extorted from the poor is piled up at the shrine of their god, While they sit around drinking wine they’ve conned from their victims.
Genesis 3:6 - When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she’d know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Luke 16:14 - When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. So Jesus spoke to them: “You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what’s behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous. God’s Law and the Prophets climaxed in John; Now it’s all kingdom of God—the glad news and compelling invitation to every man and woman. The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve before a single letter of God’s Law wears out. Using the legalities of divorce as a cover for lust is adultery; Using the legalities of marriage as a cover for lust is adultery.
1 Timothy 6:6 - A devout life does bring wealth, but it’s the rich simplicity of being yourself before God. Since we entered the world penniless and will leave it penniless, if we have bread on the table and shoes on our feet, that’s enough.
1 Timothy 6:9 - But if it’s only money these leaders are after, they’ll self-destruct in no time. Lust for money brings trouble and nothing but trouble. Going down that path, some lose their footing in the faith completely and live to regret it bitterly ever after.
Habakkuk 2:9 - “Who do you think you are— recklessly grabbing and looting, Living it up, acting like king of the mountain, acting above it all, above trials and troubles? You’ve engineered the ruin of your own house. In ruining others you’ve ruined yourself. You’ve undermined your foundations, rotted out your own soul. The bricks of your house will speak up and accuse you. The woodwork will step forward with evidence.
Ephesians 5:5 - You can be sure that using people or religion or things just for what you can get out of them—the usual variations on idolatry—will get you nowhere, and certainly nowhere near the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of God.
Proverbs 4:23 - Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that’s where life starts. Don’t talk out of both sides of your mouth; avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip. Keep your eyes straight ahead; ignore all sideshow distractions. Watch your step, and the road will stretch out smooth before you. Look neither right nor left; leave evil in the dust.
Job 31:9 - “If I’ve let myself be seduced by a woman and conspired to go to bed with her, Fine, my wife has every right to go ahead and sleep with anyone she wants to. For disgusting behavior like that, I’d deserve the worst punishment you could hand out. Adultery is a fire that burns the house down; I wouldn’t expect anything I count dear to survive it.
Psalms 10:3 - The wicked are windbags, the swindlers have foul breath. The wicked snub God, their noses stuck high in the air. Their graffiti are scrawled on the walls: “Catch us if you can!” “God is dead.”
Isaiah 33:15 - The answer’s simple: Live right, speak the truth, despise exploitation, refuse bribes, reject violence, avoid evil amusements. This is how you raise your standard of living! A safe and stable way to live. A nourishing, satisfying way to live.
Ephesians 5:3 - Don’t allow love to turn into lust, setting off a downhill slide into sexual promiscuity, filthy practices, or bullying greed. Though some tongues just love the taste of gossip, those who follow Jesus have better uses for language than that. Don’t talk dirty or silly. That kind of talk doesn’t fit our style. Thanksgiving is our dialect.
Hebrews 13:5 - Don’t be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,” we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I’m fearless no matter what. Who or what can get to me?
Colossians 3:5 - And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That’s a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God. It’s because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger. It wasn’t long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now, so make sure it’s all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.
Romans 7:7 - But I can hear you say, “If the law code was as bad as all that, it’s no better than sin itself.” That’s certainly not true. The law code had a perfectly legitimate function. Without its clear guidelines for right and wrong, moral behavior would be mostly guesswork. Apart from the succinct, surgical command, “You shall not covet,” I could have dressed covetousness up to look like a virtue and ruined my life with it.
Luke 12:15 - Speaking to the people, he went on, “Take care! Protect yourself against the least bit of greed. Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a lot.”