Joshua 7:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

In Jericho, I saw a beautiful coat from Babylonia, about 5 pounds of silver, and about a pound of gold. I wanted these things for myself, so I took them. You will find them buried in the ground under my tent. The silver is under the coat.”

Cross References

James 1:15

Your desire grows inside you until it results in sin. Then the sin grows bigger and bigger and finally ends in death.

Luke 12:15

Then Jesus said to them, “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. People do not get life from the many things they own.”

Psalm 119:37

Don’t let me look at worthless things. Help me live your way.

2 Peter 2:15

These false teachers left the right way and went the wrong way. They followed the same way that the prophet Balaam went. He was the son of Beor, who loved being paid for doing wrong.

Deuteronomy 7:25

“You must throw the statues of their gods into the fire and burn them. You must not want to keep the silver or the gold that is on those statues for yourselves. It will be like a trap to you—it will ruin your life. The Lord your God hates those idols.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money. And be satisfied with what you have. God has said, “I will never leave you; I will never run away from you.” Deuteronomy 31:6

Proverbs 28:22

Selfish people only want to get rich. They do not realize that they are very close to being poor.

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening he got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his house. From there he saw a woman bathing. She was very beautiful,

Genesis 3:6

The woman could see that the tree was beautiful and the fruit looked so good to eat. She also liked the idea that it would make her wise. So she took some of the fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave him some of the fruit, and he ate it.

Colossians 3:5

So put everything evil out of your life: sexual sin, doing anything immoral, letting sinful thoughts control you, and wanting things that are wrong. And don’t keep wanting more and more for yourself, which is the same as worshiping a false god.

Ephesians 5:5

You can be sure of this: No one will have a place in the kingdom of Christ and of God if that person commits sexual sins, or does evil things, or is a person who selfishly wants more and more. A greedy person like that is serving a false god.

Ephesians 5:3

But there must be no sexual sin among you. There must not be any kind of evil or selfishly wanting more and more, because such things are not right for God’s holy people.

Luke 12:2

Everything that is hidden will be shown, and everything that is secret will be made known.

Habakkuk 2:9

“Look at you people! You get rich by cheating people, and it hurts your own family! You build your houses high on the cliffs to protect yourself from danger.

Isaiah 29:15

Look at them! They try to hide things from the Lord. They think he will not understand. They do their evil things in darkness. They tell themselves: “No one can see us. No one will know who we are.”

Isaiah 28:15

You have said, “We have made an agreement with death. We have a contract with death. So we will not be punished. Punishment will pass us without hurting us. We will hide behind our tricks and lies.”

Proverbs 23:31

So be careful with wine. It is pretty and red as it sparkles in the cup. And it goes down so smoothly when you drink it.

Proverbs 4:23

Above all, be careful what you think because your thoughts control your life.

Job 31:1

“I made an agreement with my eyes not to look at a young woman in a way that would make me want her.

Exodus 20:17

“You must not want to take your neighbor’s house. You must not want his wife. And you must not want his men and women servants or his cattle or his donkeys. You must not want to take anything that belongs to another person.”

Genesis 10:10

Nimrod’s kingdom spread from Babylon to Erech, to Akkad, and then to Calneh in the land of Babylonia.

Joshua 7:20

Achan answered, “It is true! I sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I did:

Joshua 7:22

So Joshua sent some men to the tent. They ran to the tent and found the things hidden there. The silver was under the coat.

2 Kings 7:8

When these lepers came to where the camp began, they went into one tent. They ate and drank. Then they carried silver, gold, and clothes out of the camp and hid them. Then they came back and entered another tent. They carried things out from this tent and went out and hid them.

Genesis 34:27

Jacob’s sons went to the city and stole everything that was there because of what Shechem had done to their sister.

Proverbs 1:19

This is what happens to those who are greedy. Whatever they get destroys them.