Question 110

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Leviticus 19:11

11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

Leviticus 19:13

13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

Luke 3:14

14Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

1 Thessalonians 4:6

6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

Jeremiah 22:13

13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

Leviticus 19:35

35You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

Leviticus 19:36

36You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 11:1

1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Deuteronomy 25:13-15

13You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

14You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.

15You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Amos 8:4-7

4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

5asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

6Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

7The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.

Exodus 22:25

25If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.

Luke 12:15

15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

1 Timothy 6:9

9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

1 Timothy 6:10

10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

John 6:12

12And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”

1 Corinthians 6:10

10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.