So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; Which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
1 Timothy 3:3 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 更多版本Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Not given to wine, not combative but gentle and considerate, not quarrelsome but forbearing and peaceable, and not a lover of money [insatiable for wealth and ready to obtain it by questionable means]. American Standard Version (1901) no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money; Common English Bible They shouldn’t be addicted to alcohol or be a bully. Instead, they should be gentle, peaceable, and not greedy. Catholic Public Domain Version not a drunkard, not combative but restrained, not quarrelsome, not covetous; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but English Standard Version 2016 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. |
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; Which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth gifts shall live.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
to speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.