Joshua 7:21

WEB

²¹When I saw among the plunder a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels^[+] of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it.”

KJV

²¹When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

BSB

²¹When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar,^[+] two hundred shekels of silver,^[+] and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels,^[+] I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

FBV

²¹Among the plunder I saw a beautiful cloak from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels.^[+] I really wanted them, so I took them. They're hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver buried deeper.”

Extra References

James 1:15

¹⁵Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.

Psalms 119:37

³⁷Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

Luke 12:15

¹⁵He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

1 John 2:15-16

¹⁵Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. ¹⁶For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

2 Peter 2:15

¹⁵Forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;

Deuteronomy 7:25

²⁵You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.

1 Kings 21:1-2

¹After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. ²Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”

2 Samuel 11:2

²At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.

Genesis 6:2

²God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

⁹But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. ¹⁰For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.