EGW WritingsPsalms 10

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 5 (1887-1888)

Lt 46, 1888

5LtMs, Lt 46, 1888, par. 17

“For this ye know that no ... covetous man, who is an idolater, hath an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.” [Ephesians 5:5.] “The wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.” [Psalm 10:3.] Paul classes covetous men with idolaters, adulterers, thieves, drunkards, revilers, and extortioners, none of whom, he says, “shall inherit the kingdom of God.” [1 Corinthians 6:9, 10.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 11 (1896)

Ms 70, 1896

11LtMs, Ms 70, 1896, par. 18

Those who allow a covetous disposition to take possession of them, cherish and develop those traits of character which will place their names on the record books of heaven as idolaters; and no idolater “hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.” [Ephesians 5:5.] “The wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.” [Psalm 10:3.] Covetous men are classed with idolaters, adulterers, thieves, drunkards, revilers, extortioners, none of whom, the Word of God declares, shall inherit the kingdom of God. [Colossians 3:5; 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 21 (1906)

Lt 224, 1906

21LtMs, Lt 224, 1906, par. 17

“The Lord is king for ever and ever. The heathen are perished out of His land. Lord, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt prepare their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to hear: to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.” [Psalm 10:16-18.]