covetousness

Moreouer thou shalt prouide out of all the people able men, such as feare God, men of trueth, hating couetousnesse, and place such ouer them, to bee rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tennes.

Incline my heart vnto thy testimonies: and not to couetousnesse.

The prince that wanteth vnderstanding, is also a great oppressour: but he that hateth couetousnesse, shall prolong his dayes.

For the iniquitie of his couetousnesse was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and hee went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

1611 marginal noteHebr. turning away.

For from the least of them euen vnto the greatest of them, euery one is giuen to couetousnesse, and from the prophet euen vnto the priest, euery one dealeth falsly.

1611 marginal noteIsa.56.11 chap.8.10.

Therfore will I giue their wiues vnto others, & their fields to them that shall inherite them: for euery one from the least euen vnto the greatest is giuen to couetousnes, from the Prophet euen vnto the priest, euery one dealeth falsly.

1611 marginal noteIsai.56.11 chap. 6.13.

But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy couetousnesse, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence to doe it.

1611 marginal noteOr, incursion.

O thou that dwellest vpon many waters, abundant in treasures; thine end is come, and the measure of thy couetousnesse.

And they come vnto thee as the people commeth, and they sit before thee as my people, and they heare thy words, but they will not doe them: for with their mouth they shew much loue, but their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.

1611 marginal noteHebr. according to the comming of the people.

1611 marginal noteOr, my people sit before thee.

1611 marginal noteHebr. they make loues or iestes.

¶ Woe to him that coueteth an euill couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that hee may be deliuered from the power of euill.

1611 marginal noteOr, gaineth an euill gaine.

1611 marginal noteHeb. palme of the hand.

1611 marginal noteIer.22.13.