Joshua 7:21

New Century Version

Among the things I saw was a beautiful coat from Babylonia and about five pounds of silver and more than one and one-fourth pounds of gold. I wanted these things very much for myself, so I took them. You will find them buried in the ground under my tent, with the silver underneath.”

Cross References

Genesis 10:10

At first Nimrod’s kingdom covered Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Babylonia.

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 34:27

Jacob’s sons came upon the dead bodies and stole everything that was in the city, to pay them back for what Shechem had done to their sister.

Genesis 6:2

When the sons of God saw that these girls were beautiful, they married any of them they chose.

2 Samuel 11:2

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

2 Kings 7:8

When the men with the skin disease came to the edge of the camp, they went into one of the tents and ate and drank. They carried silver, gold, and clothes out of the camp and hid them. Then they came back and entered another tent. They carried things from this tent and hid them, also.

Job 31:1

“But I made an agreement with my eyes not to look with desire at a girl.

Psalm 119:37

Keep me from looking at worthless things. Let me live by your word.

Exodus 20:17

“You must not want to take your neighbor’s house. You must not want his wife or his male or female slaves, or his ox or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Proverbs 1:19

All greedy people end up this way; greed kills selfish people.

Proverbs 23:31

Don’t stare at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

Proverbs 28:22

Selfish people are in a hurry to get rich and do not realize they soon will be poor.

Proverbs 4:23

Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.

Isaiah 28:15

You say, “We have made an agreement with death; we have a contract with death. When terrible punishment passes by, it won’t hurt us. Our lies will keep us safe, and our tricks will hide us.”

Isaiah 29:15

How terrible it will be for those who try to hide things from the Lord and who do their work in darkness. They think no one will see them or know what they do.

Habakkuk 2:9

“How terrible it will be for the nation that becomes rich by doing wrong, thinking they will live in a safe place and escape harm.

Luke 12:15

Then Jesus said to them, “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. Life is not measured by how much one owns.”

Luke 12:2

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

Ephesians 5:3

But there must be no sexual sin among you, or any kind of evil or greed. Those things are not right for God’s holy people.

Ephesians 5:5

You can be sure of this: No one will have a place in the kingdom of Christ and of God who sins sexually, or does evil things, or is greedy. Anyone who is greedy is serving a false god.

Deuteronomy 7:25

Burn up their idols in the fire. Do not wish for the silver and gold they have, and don’t take it for yourselves, or you will be trapped by it. The Lord your God hates it.

Colossians 3:5

So put all evil things out of your life: sexual sinning, doing evil, letting evil thoughts control you, wanting things that are evil, and greed. This is really serving a false god.

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 abandon you.”

James 1:15

This desire leads to sin, and then the sin grows and brings death.

Joshua 7:20

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

Joshua 7:22

So Joshua sent men who ran to the tent and found the things hidden there, with the silver.

2 Peter 2:15

These false teachers left the right road and lost their way, following the way Balaam went. Balaam was the son of Beor, who loved being paid for doing wrong.