Avarice
Naves Topical Index
Avarice
General references
Ecclesiastes 4:7-8; Ecclesiastes 5:10-11; 1 Timothy 3:2-3; Titus 1:7; 1 Timothy 6:5; 1 Timothy 6:10
Covetousness; Rich, The; Riches
Instances of, the descendants of Joseph
Joshua 17:14-18
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Avarice
AV'ARICE, noun [Latin avaritia, from avarus, from aveo, to covet.]
An inordinate desire of gaining and possessing wealth; covetousness; greediness or insatiable desire of gain.
Avarice sheds a blasting influence over the finest affections and sweetest comforts of mankind.