Rom 7:7-8, Eph 5:3, Col 3:5, 1Ti 6:9-10, Heb 13:5, 2Pe 2:15 | ESV | STEP | What then shall we say ? That the law is sin ? By no means ! Yet if it had not been for the law , I would not have known sin . For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said , You shall not covet .

Romans 7:7-8

The Law and Sin

7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, ^aI would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if ^bthe law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, ^cseizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. ^dFor apart from the law, sin lies dead.

Ephesians 5:3

3 But ^esexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness ^fmust not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Colossians 3:5

5 ^gPut to death therefore ^hwhat is earthly in you: ^{▼▼Greek therefore your members that are on the earth} ^jsexual immorality, impurity, ^kpassion, evil desire, and covetousness, ^lwhich is idolatry.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

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

Hebrews 13:5

5 Keep your life ^qfree from love of money, and ^rbe content with what you have, for he has said, ^s“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

2 Peter 2:15

15 Forsaking the right way, ^tthey have gone astray. They have followed ^uthe way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ^vgain from wrongdoing,