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The love of things or money is called covetousness, and you often find that sin on the lists in the New Testament.
For covetousness is a sin we commit in our souls, not in our bodies.— Latest Articles
But covetousness is an attitude of mind, a bend of the soul.— Better Living: Thoughts from Mark Daniels
Some acted uprightly and others not, for covetousness which is the root of all evil, prevented them; but the covetous began from this moment to keep things back and our Lord began to like them less.— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I
To seek more is of the nature of that "covetousness which is idolatry."— Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View

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