greediness in English

noun

['greed·i·ness || 'griːdɪnɪs]

covetousness, avarice, desire for great wealth or powe

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1. Avidity definition, eagerness; greediness

2. By applying the Scriptures and praying earnestly, however, we can avoid greediness.

3. Affablest – the most friendly and pleasant avaracious – having insatiable greed avidity – eagerness; greediness

4. After mentioning “greediness” at Col 3:5, Paul adds, “which is idolatry.”

5. Antonyms for Abstinences include self-indulgence, abandons, acquisitiveness, covetousness, excess, gluttony, greediness, indulgence, wantonness and drunkenness

6. As respects sexual immorality, unCleanness, uncontrolled sexual passion, hurtful desire, and greediness, which is idolatry

7. Appropriately, Paul strongly condemned greediness, extortion, and moral uncleanness in his letters to the Corinthians.

8. Covetousness, or greediness, is a fundamental cause of war, and hatred frequently leads to violence.

9. “Let fornication and uncleanness of every sort or greediness not even be mentioned among you.” —5:3.

10. Why did Paul say that people who are past all moral sense sin “with greediness”?

11. Synonyms for Acquisitiveness include avarice, avidity, covetousness, greed, graspingness, rapaciousness, rapacity, cupidity, greediness and possessiveness

12. Synonyms for Avarice include acquisitiveness, covetousness, cupidity, greed, rapacity, graspingness, avariciousness, greediness, meanness and miserliness

13. because you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish,+ but inside they are full of greediness*+ and self-indulgence.

14. 19 Having gone past all moral sense, they gave themselves over to brazen conduct*+ to practice every sort of uncleanness with greediness.

15. 17 As if unrestrained indulgence in loose conduct and uncleanness of every sort were not bad enough, Paul adds that such persons act “with greediness.”

16. He has not been brazen, but the elders may determine that he has ‘given himself over’ to this filthy habit and has practiced ‘uncleanness with greediness,’ that is, gross uncleanness.

17. The elder might well conclude that the brother’s conduct did not escalate to the point that he engaged in “uncleanness . . . with greediness”; nor did he display a brazen attitude, indicating loose conduct.

18. Some abusive acts —such as the fondling of breasts, explicitly immoral proposals, showing pornography to a child, voyeurism, and indecent exposure— may amount to what the Bible condemns as “loose conduct” or “uncleanness . . . with greediness.” —Galatians 5:19-21; Ephesians 4:19.

19. It is as Paul expressed it: “Having come to be past all moral sense, they gave themselves over to loose conduct to work uncleanness of every sort with greediness.” —Ephesians 4:19; Proverbs 17:15; Romans 1:24-28; 1 Corinthians 5:11.

20. In some cases, Cowardliness, kindness, and greediness appear so integral to actors' personalities as to make one suspect that these traits are "in the genes." In other cases, these virtues and vices appear to be learned--the products of years of fortunate or unfortunate parenting, schooling, peer pressures, and life experiences.