Proverbs 15:27
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
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Proverbs 15:27
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
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Genesis 34:30
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house.”
Genesis 49:5
“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
Genesis 49:6
My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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Deuteronomy 7:26
You shall not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it. You shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
Joshua 7:1
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against the children of Israel.
Joshua 7:11
Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.
Joshua 7:12
Therefore the children of Israel can’t stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
Joshua 7:22
So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. Behold, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.
Joshua 7:23
They took them from the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel. They laid them down before Yahweh.
1 Kings 18:17
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
1 Kings 18:18
He answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken Yahweh’s commandments and you have followed the Baals.
1 Chronicles 2:7
The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
Proverbs 11:19
He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
Isaiah 5:9
In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
Isaiah 5:10
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.”
Zechariah 5:4
I will cause it to go out,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”
Galatians 5:12
I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.
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1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
1 Samuel 15:19
Why then didn’t you obey Yahweh’s voice, but took the plunder, and did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight?”
2 Kings 5:20
But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”
Psalms 16:5
Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
Proverbs 18:5
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
Proverbs 19:4
Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.
Isaiah 33:16
he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
Jeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,” says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 8:10
Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
Amos 5:12
For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
Colossians 3:22
Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
1 Timothy 3:3
not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.
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Psalms 3:1
Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.
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Psalms 30:5
For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
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Psalms 97:10
You who love Yahweh, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
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Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 11:15
He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
Proverbs 15:21
Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.
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Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
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Proverbs 18:1
A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
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Proverbs 18:16
A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
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Proverbs 25:14
As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
Jeremiah 6:13
“For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
Matthew 6:27
“Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
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Ecclesiastes 3:8
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
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Numbers 22:21
Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
Deuteronomy 27:25
‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Judges 1:11
From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir before that was Kiriath Sepher.)
1 Samuel 15:9
But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, of the cattle, of the fat calves, of the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to utterly destroy them; but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
2 Kings 5:27
Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your offspring forever.” He went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.
Psalms 15:5
he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.
Proverbs 15:29
Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 1:13
Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me. New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I can’t stand evil assemblies.
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
Jeremiah 22:17
But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”
Ezekiel 22:14
Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I will deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and will do it.
Micah 7:3
Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
Colossians 3:5
Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
2 Peter 2:15
Forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.
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Isaiah 58:7
Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
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Romans 7:7
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”
Romans 7:8
But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
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Job 20:15
He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
Job 20:20
“Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
Job 20:21
There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.
Job 20:22
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
Job 20:23
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
Proverbs 10:22
Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
Luke 16:9
I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 5:1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
James 5:2
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
James 5:4
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.
James 5:5
You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
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Acts 19:25
whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
Revelation 18:15
The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
Revelation 18:16
saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls!
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