| COVETOUSNESS See also: Gluttony; Greed | 貪婪 |
| Charity gives itself rich; covetousness hoards
itself poor. 善行讓人富足；貪婪為自己積存貧窮。 |
| Much trouble is caused by
our yearnings getting ahead of our earnings. 許多苦惱起因於我們想得到的遠超過我們所當得到的。 |
| Covetousness is the blight that is withering our
church life in all directions. Samuel Chadwick 貪婪是能讓我們教會生活全面枯萎的霉菌。 |
| He is much happier that is
always content, though he has ever so little, than he that is always coveting, though he
has ever so much. Matthew Henry 恆常知足者雖然所有甚寡，仍較所有甚豐卻仍貪婪者快樂。 |
| The soul of man is infinite in what it covets. Ben Jonson 人心貪婪永無止盡。 |
| Beware...of the beginnings
of covetousness, for you know not where it will end. Thomas Watson 小心...貪婪之心一旦發生，你不知它會停在何處。 |
| One can be covetous when he has little, much, or
anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the circumstances of
life. Charles Caldwell Ryrie 人不分擁有多少都能起貪婪之心，因為貪婪起自內心而不是外在環境。 |
| Covetousness is dry
drunkenness. Thomas Watson 貪婪是無酒之醉。 |
| I have heard thousands of confessions, but never one
of covetousness. Francis Xavier 我聽過千萬人認罪，但無一是為貪婪認罪。 |