40 Bible Verses about cheaters

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.

But you yourselves wrong and cheat, and you do this to your brothers and sisters!

"It's worthless! It's worthless!" says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.

So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.

Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, 'How are we robbing you?' In tithes and contributions!

"'You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.

If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's."

They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.

Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.

No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the Lord your God.

If a man commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

So he contacted his master's debtors one by one. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.

for jealousy kindles a husband's rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.

Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

Honest scales and balances are from the Lord; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

The one who robs his father and mother and says, "There is no transgression," is a companion to the one who destroys.

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules.

"There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the Lord who rules over all, "and my name is awesome among the nations."

You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me -- this whole nation is guilty.

Deceitful people will not live in my palace. Liars will not be welcome in my presence.

so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, "Was I not only joking?"

In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.

The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

"When a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,

Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, declares the sovereign Lord.

But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."

In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

Your treaty with death will be dissolved; your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, you will be overrun by it.

Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.

For you put up with it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly toward you, if someone strikes you in the face.

But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!"