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“Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous . . . Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;”
1 Timothy 3:3, 8, KJV
“For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre . . . Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.”
Titus 1:7, 11, KJV
“Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;”
1 Peter 5:2, KJV
Note: According to Thayer’s Greek English Lexicon, the phrase “filthy lucre” is derived from the Koine Greek word “aischrokerdes”, the definition of which is “eager for base gain, greedy for money”.
Please also refer to the KJV Bible Verse List called “Jesus and the Moneychangers”, which you can find at the following URL:
https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse144.html
Please also refer to the KJV Bible Verse List called “Snake Oil Prosperity Preachers”, which you can find at the following URL:
https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse577.html
If you would like more info regarding the origin of these KJV Bible verse lists, go to https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/. Thank-you!
