Covetousness vs Idolatry - What's the difference?
covetousness | idolatry |
Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
* 1588: La Placette, Jean Of the Incurable Scepticism of the Church of Rome
* 1661: Johnson, J. The morning-exercise at Cripple-gate
* 1815: Lavington, Samuel Sermons and other discourses, Volume 1
* 1976: Ellul, Jacques The Ethics of Freedom page 134
The worship of idols.
The admiration of somebody or something.
As nouns the difference between covetousness and idolatry
is that covetousness is immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth while idolatry is the worship of idols.covetousness
English
Noun
(-)- He which will yield to Fear. mu?t nece??arily yield to Covetou?ne?s or any inordinate De?ire.
- Covetou?ne?s is the yelow Jaundice of the foul, which ari?es from the over-flowing of the heart with love to yellow gold, by which a Chri?tian is dull'd and deadned.
- Covetousness prevents all good, and is and inlet and encouragement to evil.
- In obvious compensation and opposition the fear of nothingness becomes the source of covetousness ...