GREED
(See also Covetousness; Selfishness)
abolition: g97 1/8 9-10; w90 2/15 4-7
avoiding: w21.06 17-19; w10 11/15 30; jd 106-107; g02 8/22 10-11; w01 6/15 6; ip-1 80-81; g97 1/8 8; w93 8/1 10-15; w87 9/15 16-17
avoiding being victimized by: g97 1/8 6-9
Bible examples:
Achan: mwb21.09 8; w14 8/15 24; w93 8/1 11
Adam and Eve: w93 8/1 11
Balaam: it-1 244-245
David: w21.06 17-18
Gehazi: scl 53; it-1 905; it-2 238, 456; w12 9/1 30-31
Israelites annex properties: ip-1 79-81
Israelites gather quail: scl 53; it-2 149, 718
Judas Iscariot: w21.06 18; it-1 614; it-2 129-130
Bible view: scl 53
bride-price may involve: w98 9/15 24-26; w89 1/15 21-23
commerce: g92 2/8 20-23
covetousness a form of: it-1 1006
discussion: it-1 1005-1006
dowry may involve: w04 9/1 27-28
effect on insurance industry: g88 5/22 10-14
effect on world:
comments of UN-sponsored conference: g90 1/22 28
ecology: g97 1/8 3-4; g96 1/8 12-13
people: g 5/12 4; g97 1/8 4-5
examples:
amputating shark fins for soup: g03 7/22 28
experiences:
thief reforms: w90 2/15 6
form of idolatry: it-1 1006; w01 6/15 6; w93 1/15 29-30
for money: w93 8/1 12
gambling a form of: ijwbq article 102; g 3/15 14-15; w06 11/15 7; kl 120
grounds for removal from the congregation:
gambling: w89 7/15 30
illegal resin-tapping destroys forests: g89 5/22 28-29
insatiableness of: w87 5/15 30
meaning of term: w93 8/1 11
motivation for lotteries: w89 7/15 30
“not greedy of dishonest gain” (Tit 1:7): w90 9/1 26
not serving Jehovah out of: w87 12/1 19
origin: w90 2/15 4-5
overcoming: w14 8/15 24-25; g 5/12 6
prevalence: w04 10/15 3; w90 2/15 3-4
smuggling high-tech equipment: g86 5/8 29-30
stock market: g89 8/8 9-10