Use "covetous" in a sentence

1. 14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided

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2. For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD

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3. devil that would like to keep mankind in a greedy and covetous state

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4. 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the Lord hates

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5. 9 Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man, for such a one sets his own soul for sale;

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6. 9 A covetous man's eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked dries up his soul

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7. All around her, covetous miser that she is, she gazes greedily upon the barrels of oil, the tons of gold, the mountains of iron, titanium, and zinc; all the massive treasure of her dark domain

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8. be twisted into this covetous endeavor to align with him,

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9. Since I swore upon the Truthstone, I find I am much less covetous, and much less protective of the sanctity of my territory

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10. 5 My child be not a liar for lying leads to theft; be not covetous or conceited for from all these things thefts arise

11. 1 Therefore elect for yourselves bishops and deacons worthy of the Lord men who are meek and not covetous and true and approved for they perform for you the service of prophets and teachers

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12. " "What kinds of luxury sir" I asked "are hurtful?" "Every act of a man which he performs with pleasure" he replied "is an act of luxury; for the sharp-tempered man when gratifying his tendency indulges in luxury; and the adulterer and the drunkard and the back-biter and the liar and the covetous man and the thief and he who does things like these gratifies his peculiar propensity and in so doing indulges in luxury

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13. “But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire

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14. Eunuch-boy, her name for Mr Becker, was insultingly covetous of his seclusion

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15. Join us as we take a quick journey and open some of these curiously covetous boxes

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16. Greedy I was and covetous of alien jewels

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17. In the pool area a pride of naked men older than thirty wallowed in the heated blue waters or lounged on chaise longues, casting covetous glances at about a dozen slim, naked youths, some of whom appeared to be in their early teens, sitting by the steaming pool, swimming, diving or standing in elegant contrapposto against the columns

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18. 8 Then, as the people went down by the river to witness the baptizing, the first man came privately to Jesus about his inheritance inasmuch as he thought Jesus had dealt harshly with him; and when the Master had again heard him, he replied: "My son, why do you miss the opportunity to feed upon the bread of life on a day like this in order to indulge your covetous disposition? Do you not know that the Jewish laws of inheritance will be justly administered if you will go with your complaint to the court of the synagogue? Can you not see that my work has to do with making sure that you know about your heavenly inheritance? Have you not read the Scripture: `There is he who waxes rich by his wariness and much pinching, and this is the portion of his reward: Whereas he says, I have found rest and now shall be able to eat continually of my goods, yet he knows not what time shall bring upon him, and also that he must leave all these things to others when he dies

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19. Poitain was surrounded by covetous neighbors and her sons learned hardihood in incessant wars

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20. His attitude was condescending and it took almost a week of gentle rebuffs and subject changes for the covetous Martin to finally understand that he hadn‘t hired a piece of ass

21. Jealousy, envy, and hate (covetous) began to take over Cain and we are left with the story as a result

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22. ing in the ways of Cain (covetous)

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23. grew throughout the kingdom, Saul grew covetous of the power and

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24. some unwanted attention from those who where covetous of him, as to

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25. Herodias, being covetous and angry with John the Baptist, sought

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26. many people were covetous and had a hate in their hearts for them also

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27. anticipated their dinner arrangement with a covetous delight - determined that

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28. by appealing into their covetous rearing

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29. 2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,

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30. Gods’ church is a People, not a place, that have been called out of the fearful, judgmental, rebellious, covetous, fault-finding, manipulative, vain, haughty, arrogant self-serving control that the man-made structure we call church embedded in the mind of man

31. If the credo of the Christianity is courting other religious souls in covetous ways, the creed of the Musalman has been to turn the kafirs of the world into servants of their God, and by extension admirers of their prophet

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32. Covetous action is distant from and inferior to the Path of Discrimina-

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33. “It is I who bestow steadiness on the faith of covetous worship-

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34. Even a covetous thought in the vicinity of his personal possession was as much a betrayal as its consummation would have been

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35. “Whereas the triple returns-good, bad, and mixed-of covetous

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36. pulsive, covetous of the fruits of action, acquisitive, pernicious, vitiated, and subject to joy and sorrow

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37. Later, they stop caring about people and what they say, and so they leave the practice of profitable work, as they are made to feel covetous of imaginary treasures and fanciful possessions through their desire (for example, they are told things such as: you don’t need to work, because Al’lah is the Provider)

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38. He may then become wholly absorbed in a covetous attitude, gazing at his fellow, so that a ray of his spirit spreads from his envious self towards the spirit of the one who is envied

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39. So he left us five years ago, and he returned silent, reserved, covetous

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40. Her eyes flickered to the grimoire on the ground and her covetous look didn't escape Gabby

41. yourself, you will be placing yourself in the position of the covetous or envious man, or

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42. Why is the meaning of the first human city called ‘Ur’, or ‘our’? Why was the first modern city with writing, called Earth? Why were its walls a perfect circle? Why did the word ‘our’, or ‘all ours’ originate from ‘Ur’…? Because they were covetous of each other’s wealth? Because they wanted to rape and covet the entire Earth? Is the goal of the people who wanted this, still being followed? By the same idiotic, identical, staged re-enactment of Empires and Emperors, and wars? Is this the actual secret goal of civilization? To carry out this first city’s stated goal? Ur

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43. Take Egypt 7,000 years ago, in its heyday: the greediest, most covetous Kingdom of all

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44. The most covetous tribe on Earth: has for 3,000 years tried to scream out in public how they are not covetous

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45. It is the covetousness of negative birds merged with the covetousness of negative ants merged with the covetousness of the most covetous tribes of human nomads ever born: the tribes of the Hebrews

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46. Colt had but to make a gesture of interest to a girl or one of the many grown women casting greedy covetous looks at him and he’d have several of them on their knees before him

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47. And the record says, “And the Pharisees also who were covetous heard all the things and derided him

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48. people were becoming more protective of what they had, less inclined to share and covetous

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49. It is a covetous grasping, a recognition that the other is indispensable

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50. encounter with the madman they met in the Sierra, saying nothing, however, about the finding of the valise and its contents; for with all his simplicity the lad was a trifle covetous

51. O, vindictive Julian! O, covetous Judas! Traitor, cruel, vindictive, and perfidious, wherein had this poor wretch failed in his fidelity, who with such frankness showed thee the secrets and the joys of his heart? What offence did I commit? What words did I utter, or what counsels did I give that had not the furtherance of thy honour and welfare for their aim?

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52. To proceed: as soon as Luscinda saw me she said, 'Cardenio, I am in my bridal dress, and the treacherous Don Fernando and my covetous father are waiting for me in the hall with the other witnesses, who shall be the witnesses of my death before they witness my betrothal

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53. I called her cruel, ungrateful, false, thankless, but above all covetous, since the wealth of my enemy had blinded the eyes of her affection, and turned it from me to transfer it to one to whom fortune had been more generous and liberal

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54. Don Quixote offered to mount guard over the castle lest they should be attacked by some giant or other malevolent scoundrel, covetous of the great treasure of beauty the castle contained

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55. In short, he spoke in such a way that he cast suspicion on the governor, and made his relations appear covetous and heartless, and himself so rational that the chaplain determined to take him away with him that the Archbishop might see him, and ascertain for himself the truth of the matter

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56. Let it not be seen that thou art (even if perchance thou art, which I do not believe) covetous, a follower of women, or a glutton; for when the people and those that have dealings with thee become aware of thy special weakness they will bring their batteries to bear upon thee in that quarter, till they have brought thee down to the depths of perdition

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57. Such an one is sure to be temperate and the reverse of covetous; for the motives which make another man desirous of having and spending, have no place in his character

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58. Or again: can he who is harmoniously constituted, who is not covetous or mean, or a boaster, or a coward--can he, I say, ever be unjust or hard in his dealings?

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59. Further, the very faculty which is the instrument of judgment is not possessed by the covetous or ambitious man, but only by the philosopher?

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60. I conclude, then, that a minister that changes a small for a great, should not, for so doing, be judged as covetous; but rather, since he has improved in his parts and

61. So he read it to his fellow; after which they both concluded that that was the pillar of salt into which Lot's wife was turned, for her looking back with a covetous heart, when she was going from Sodom for safety

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62. "I never was covetous, Jane," she replied; "but I have six children and have buried three, and I didn't marry into money

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63. Down comes Doggett from his Pulpit, seizes Lustre by the Halter, praises his Beauty with a covetous Look, and says: “I’ll water yer Horse, Boy

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64. On the other hand: ministers, governors of provinces, covetous, ambitious, full of vanity, and anxious to inspire fear

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65. In Russia and Turkey, as in France and America, notwithstanding the frequent changes of officials, the greater number are often covetous and venal, and so little to be commended from the point of view of morality that they do not satisfy even the elementary exigencies of honesty demanded in government posts

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66. Therefore this activity cannot possibly be separated from other covetous, personal activity, which adds agreeable things to life, as the activity of innkeepers, jockeys, milliners, prostitutes, and so on, because the activity of the first, the second, and the last, do not come under the definition of art and science, on the ground of the division of labour, which promises to serve for the welfare of all mankind

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67. But one may confidently assert that in any society where, for every man living in ease, there are ten exhausted by labor, envious, covetous, and often suffering with their families from direct privation, all the privileges of the rich, all their luxuries and superfluities, are obtained and maintained only by tortures, imprisonment, and murder

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68. Carroll was disposed of at last also, but his downfall was due to a grossly covetous disposition

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