Thematic Bible: Vices
Thematic Bible
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
But a
He loves to oppress.
And a bag of deceptive weights?
So is he who
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.
Both of them are abominable to the Lord.
Is a fleeting vapor, the
And his
Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay
And
Vices » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
So is he who
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in
Is a fleeting vapor, the
And his
Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay
And
Than great income with injustice.
Or who gives to the rich,
Gathers it
“Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.
Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Vices » Dishonesty » Extortion
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So
And that they may plunder the
In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will
I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world.
Vices » Dishonesty » Examples of
Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock, and you changed my wages ten times.
Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among their own things.
He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the Lord.”
Now the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there, and took the graven image and the ephod and household idols and the molten image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
Vices » Found in business » Breach of trust
“When a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the Lord, and deceives his companion in regard to a deposit or a security entrusted to him, or through robbery, or if he has extorted from his companion,
For the sun has burned me.
My
They made me
But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
You also took your beautiful jewels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images that you might play the harlot with them.
Vices » Dishonesty » Of children
Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”
I rise up and they speak against me.
They
Each one by another, and each one by his
The youth will storm against the elder
And the inferior against the honorable.
Vices » Dishonesty » Fraud
‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.
On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. You do this even to your brethren.
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- Abominations
- Abominations, To God
- Accuracy
- Balances, Dishonest Use
- Balances, For Business
- Business Ethics
- Buying and selling
- Cheating
- Commerce
- Covenant breakers
- Coveting
- Deceit, Practice Of
- Deception, Forbidden By God
- Dishonesty
- Dishonesty Condemned
- Dishonesty, Examples Of
- Dishonesty, Kinds Of
- Disrespect For Old Age
- Do Not Steal
- Employers
- Extortion
- Extortion, Examples Of
- Fraud
- Grasping
- Greed
- Greed, Condemnation Of
- Helping The Poor
- Hiring
- Immaturity
- Injustice
- Injustice, Examples Of
- Injustice, Nature And Source Of
- Interest
- Just Weights
- Manipulation
- Markets
- Masters
- Money, Stewardship Of
- Not Helping The Poor
- Oppression, Nature Of
- Oppressors
- Outcry
- Poor, Oppression Of
- Poverty, Causes Of
- Profits
- Rich, The
- Riches, Dangers Of
- Riches, Ungodly Use Of
- Saving Money
- Servants, Bad
- Servants, Working Conditions Of
- Serving Individuals
- Settling Accounts
- Social duties
- Stealing
- Trade
- Treasure
- Trustworthiness
- Under The Ban
- Unjust Gain
- Wages
- Weights And Measures, Laws
- Work, And The Fall
- Balance
- Cheaters
- Oppression
- Taxes
- Weight