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Keywords: AVARICE,CORD,COWARDICE,PETITION
Description: Joshua 17:14
NET Translation: The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you assigned us only one tribal allotment? After all, we have many people, for until now the Lord has enabled us to increase in number.”
DARBY Translation: And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me as inheritance one lot and one portion, seeing I am a greatD1529 people, forasmuch as Jehovah has blessed me hitherto?
KJV Translation: And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me [but] one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I [am] a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,GODLESSNESS,HAPPINESS,IMPENITENCE,PRIDE
Description: Psalms 52:7
NET Translation: “Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector. He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”
DARBY Translation: Behold the manD3515 that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his AVARICE.
KJV Translation: Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickednessK3707.
Keywords: AVARICE,MISER
Description: Ecclesiastes 4:7
NET Translation: So I again considered another futile thing on earth:
DARBY Translation: And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
KJV Translation: Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
Verse Intro: Problem of Work Alone - Strength of Relationships is Lost
Keywords: AVARICE,CARE,COVETOUSNESS,MISER,VANITY
Description: Ecclesiastes 4:8
NET Translation: A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is futile and a burdensome task!
DARBY Translation: There is one [alone] and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupationD4504.
KJV Translation: There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.
Keywords: AVARICE,COVETOUSNESS,VANITY
Description: Ecclesiastes 5:10
NET Translation: The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.
DARBY Translation: He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
KJV Translation: He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.
Verse Intro: Futility of Covetousness
Keywords: AVARICE,COVETOUSNESS
Description: Ecclesiastes 5:11
NET Translation: When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?
DARBY Translation: When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding [of them] with his eyes?
KJV Translation: When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good [is there] to the owners thereof, saving the beholding [of them] with their eyes?
Keywords: AVARICE,BISHOP,COMMANDMENTS,FAMILY,HOSPITALITY,MARRIAGE,MEEKNESS,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PATIENCE,POLYGAMY,SOBRIETY,STRIFE,TEMPERANCE
Description: 1 Timothy 3:2
NET Translation: The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,
DARBY Translation: The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreetD8859, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
KJV Translation: A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Keywords: AVARICE,COVETOUSNESS,MEEKNESS,PATIENCE,SOBRIETY,STRIFE,TEMPERANCE
Description: 1 Timothy 3:3
NET Translation: not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.
DARBY Translation: not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
KJV Translation: Not given to wineK7110, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Keywords: AVARICE,COMPANY,COVETOUSNESS,ENVY,TRUTH
Description: 1 Timothy 6:5
NET Translation: and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.
DARBY Translation: constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be [the end of] pietyD8886.
KJV Translation: Perverse disputingK7126s of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
Keywords: AVARICE,BACKSLIDERS,LOVE,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,MONEY,TEMPTATION
Description: 1 Timothy 6:10
NET Translation: For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.
DARBY Translation: For the love of money is [the]D8889 root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
KJV Translation: For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erredK7127from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Keywords: ANGER,AVARICE,COVETOUSNESS,DECISION,FABLE,HOSPITALITY,INTEGRITY,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,SELF-WILL,STEWARD,TEMPERANCE
Description: Titus 1:7
NET Translation: For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.
DARBY Translation: For the overseer must be free from all charge [against him] as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;
KJV Translation: For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;