1 Samuel 12:3

Samuel's Charge To Israel

² And now, behold, the king walks before you. And I am old and gray headed, and, behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth to this day. ³ Here I am. Witness against me before LORD, and before his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with i ⁴ And they said, Thou have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have thou taken anything of any man's hand.

Bear Witness

Here Am I

Here I Am

I Am He

Stand Before the Lord

Answer Me

Jehovah

Messiah

Saul

Numbers 16:15

And Moses was very angry, and said to LORD, Do not respect thou their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

1 Samuel 10:1

Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that LORD has anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance?

1 Samuel 24:6

And he said to his men, LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, LORD's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, since he is LORD's anointed.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Acts 20:33

I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

Exodus 23:8

And thou shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Exodus 20:17

Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

Exodus 22:4

If the theft is found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

Leviticus 6:4

then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

1 Samuel 12:5

And he said to them, LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found anything in my hand. And they said, He is witness.

2 Samuel 1:14-16

And David said to him, Why were thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy LORD's anointed?

Matthew 22:21

They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Therefore, render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God.

Luke 19:8

And having stood, Zacchaeus said to the Lord, Behold, half of the things possessed by me, Lord, I give to the poor. And if I defrauded any man of anything, I repay fourfold.

Romans 13:1-7

Let every soul be subject to offices of authority that rank higher, for there is no office of authority if not by God, and the offices of authority that are by God, are those that have been instituted.

2 Corinthians 12:14

Behold, a third time I fare readily to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not the things of you, but you. For the children ought not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we came neither in word of flattery (at any time as ye know) nor a pretense of greed (God is witness)

1 Thessalonians 2:10

Ye are witnesses, and God, how piously and justly and blamelessly we became to you who believe,

1 Peter 5:2

Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,