Covetousness in the Bible: 19 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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covetousness KJV

“Covetousness” is in the King James Bible 19 times, in 19 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

בּצע betsa‛ 10 times
πλεονεξία pleonexia 8 times
ἀφιλάργυρος aphilarguros 1 time

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2 Corinthians

9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

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