Question 142

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James 2:15-16

15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

16If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

1 John 3:17

17If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

Ephesians 4:28

28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

Psalms 42:10

10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalms 62:10

10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

1 Timothy 1:10

10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

Proverbs 29:24

24A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.

Psalms 50:18

18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

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.

Proverbs 11:1

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

Proverbs 20:10

10Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.

Deuteronomy 19:14

14You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

Proverbs 23:10

10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Amos 8:5

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.

Psalms 37:21

21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

Luke 16:10-12

10Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

11So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

12And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

Ezekiel 22:29

29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

Leviticus 25:17

17Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

Matthew 23:25

25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Ezekiel 22:12

12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

Psalms 15:5

5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

Job 15:34

34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

1 Corinthians 6:6-8

6Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!

7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

8Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!

Proverbs 3:29-30

29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.

30Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.

Isaiah 5:8

8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

Micah 2:2

2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

Proverbs 11:26

26The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.

Acts 19:19

19And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.

Acts 19:24-25

24It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.

25Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.

Job 20:19

19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

James 5:4

4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Proverbs 21:6

6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

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 6:5

5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

Colossians 3:2

2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

Proverbs 23:5

5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Matthew 6:25

25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

Matthew 6:31

31Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

Matthew 6:34

34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

12The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

Psalms 37:1

1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.

Psalms 37:7

7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

Psalms 73:3

3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

11Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.

Proverbs 18:9

9Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 21:17

17He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Proverbs 23:20-21

20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Proverbs 28:19

19The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

2God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.

1 Timothy 5:8

8If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.