Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;
Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;
Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain , And he that giveth to the rich,'shall come only to want.
He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.
Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Dishonesty » Condemned
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;
Lying » Vanity of getting riches by
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Lying/lies » The acquiring of wealth by lying
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Get, by vanity
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.
The lord seeking that which was lost » Those that seek death
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Vanity » Riches gotten by falsehood are
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;
Vices » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;
Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain , And he that giveth to the rich,'shall come only to want.
He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.
Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Wealth » The acquisition of treasures by lying
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.