Lesson: Beware of Covetousness<br>
Reading: Covetousness leads to oppression<br>
Reference: Mic. 2:1-5<br><br>
Micah 2:1: Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.<br>
Micah 2:2: And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.<br>
Micah 2:3: Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.<br>
Micah 2:4: In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.<br>
Micah 2:5: Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.<br>
(KJV)<br>