2 Kings 5:20

New American Bible - revised edition

when Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, thought to himself: “My master was too easy on this Aramean Naaman, not accepting what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something out of him.”

Cross References

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, during these years there shall be no dew or rain except at my word.”

2 Kings 13:19

The man of God became angry with him and said, “You should have beat five or six times. You would have beaten Aram and finished him. Now you will beat Aram only three times.”

2 Kings 4:12

Then he said to his servant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite woman.” He did so, and when she stood before Elisha,

2 Kings 4:25

She kept going till she reached the man of God on Mount Carmel. When he saw her at a distance, the man of God said to his servant Gehazi: “There is the Shunammite!

2 Kings 4:31

Meanwhile, Gehazi had gone on ahead and had laid the staff upon the boy, but there was no sound, no response. He returned to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”

2 Kings 4:36

Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite.” He called her, and she came to him, and Elisha said to her, “Take your son.”

2 Kings 5:16

Elisha replied, “As the Lord lives whom I serve, I will not take it.” And despite Naaman’s urging, he still refused.

2 Kings 5:21

So Gehazi hurried after Naaman. Seeing that someone was running after him, Naaman alighted from his chariot to wait for him. He asked, “Is everything all right?”

2 Kings 6:31

The king exclaimed, “May God do thus to me, and more, if the head of Elisha, son of Shaphat, stays on him today!”

2 Kings 8:4

The king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God: “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”

2 Kings 8:7

Elisha came to Damascus at a time when Ben-hadad, king of Aram, lay sick. When he was told, “The man of God has come here,”

Psalm 10:3

The wicked even boast of their greed; these robbers curse and scorn the Lord.

Exodus 20:17

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. Moses Accepted as Mediator.

Exodus 20:7

You shall not invoke the name of the Lord, your God, in vain. For the Lord will not leave unpunished anyone who invokes his name in vain.

Proverbs 26:16

In their own eyes sluggards are wiser than seven who answer with good judgment.

Isaiah 48:1

Hear this, house of Jacob called by the name Israel, sprung from the stock of Judah, You who swear by the name of the Lord and invoke the God of Israel without sincerity, without justice,

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own gain, On shedding innocent blood and practicing oppression and extortion.

Habakkuk 2:9

Ah! you who pursue evil gain for your household, setting your nest on high to escape the reach of misfortune!

Matthew 10:4

Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. The Commissioning of the Twelve.

Matthew 26:9

It could have been sold for much, and the money given to the poor.”

Luke 12:15

Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” Parable of the Rich Fool.

Luke 16:8

And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently. Application of the Parable. “For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.

John 13:2

The devil had already induced Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over. So, during supper,

John 6:70

Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you twelve? Yet is not one of you a devil?”

Acts 5:2

He retained for himself, with his wife’s knowledge, some of the purchase price, took the remainder, and put it at the feet of the apostles.

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas, enamored of the present world, deserted me and went to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

Titus 1:7

For a bishop as God’s steward must be blameless, not arrogant, not irritable, not a drunkard, not aggressive, not greedy for sordid gain,

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God in your midst, [overseeing] not by constraint but willingly, as God would have it, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

1 Samuel 14:39

As the Lord lives who has given victory to Israel, even if my son Jonathan has committed it, he shall surely die!” But none of the people answered him.