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Greed

The mouth that cannot be filled — every tradition treats covetousness as a quiet idolatry, a worship that mistakes the gift for the giver.


Judaism
  • "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife..."

    Exodus 20:17
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  • "He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat."

    Proverbs 28:25
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Christianity
  • "And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."

    Luke 12:15
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  • "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:"

    Colossians 3:5
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Buddhism
  • "All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts."

    Dhammapada 1:1
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