1Ki 21:2, Est 5:9-14, 6:12, Pro 14:30, 1Ti 6:9-10, Jam 4:2-7 | ESV | STEP | And after this Ahab said to Naboth , Give me your vineyard , that I may have it for a vegetable garden , because it is near my house , and I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you , I will give you its value in money .

2 And after this Ahab said to Naboth, ^a“Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house, and I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its value in money.”

Esther 5:9-14

Haman Plans to Hang Mordecai

9 And Haman went out that day ^bjoyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai ^cin the king’s gate, ^dthat he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and brought his friends and ^ehis wife Zeresh. 11 And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, ^fthe number of his sons, all the promotions with which ^gthe king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king. 12 Then Haman said, “Even Queen Esther let no one but me come with the king to the feast she prepared. And tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king. 13 Yet all this is worth nothing to me, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting ^hat the king’s gate.” 14 Then ⁱhis wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, ^j“Let a gallows ^{▼▼Or stake; twice in this verse} fifty cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.

Esther 6:12

12 Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning ^mand with his head covered.

Proverbs 14:30

30 A tranquil ^{▼▼Or healing} heart gives ^olife to the flesh,
but ^penvy ^{▼▼Or jealousy} makes ^rthe bones rot.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

9 But ^sthose who desire to be rich fall into temptation, ^tinto a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that ^uplunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of ^vall kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

James 4:2-7

2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask ^wwrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4 ^xYou adulterous people! ^{▼▼Greek You adulteresses!} Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? ^zTherefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit ^aathat he has made to dwell in us”? 6 But ^abhe gives more grace. Therefore it says, ^ac“God opposes the proud but ^adgives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. ^aeResist the devil, and he will flee from you.