1 Thessalonians 2:5

Paul's Approach To Ministry In Thessalonica

⁴ but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, thus we speak, not as pleasing people but God, who examines our hearts. ⁵ {For never} did we come with a word of flattery, just as you know, nor with a pretext of greediness (God [is] witness), ⁶ nor seeking glory from people, neither from you nor from others.

Bear Witness

God is Witness

Can Testify

God Is Our Witness

No

Acts 20:33

I have desired no one's silver or gold or clothing!

Romans 1:9

For God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, is my witness, how constantly I make mention of you,

2 Peter 2:3

And in greediness they will exploit you with false words, whose condemnation [from] long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Job 17:5

He denounces friends for reward, so his children's eyes will fail.

Job 32:21-22

{Please let me not show partiality to anyone}, and let me not show flattery to human beings,

Psalm 12:2-3

They speak falseness {to each other}. [With] flattering lips, [with] {a double heart} they speak.

Proverbs 20:19

He reveals a secret, he who walks [about with] gossip, and do not associate with a babbler's lips.

Proverbs 26:28

A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.

Proverbs 28:23

He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue.

Isaiah 30:10

who say to those who do see, "You must not see!" and to the seers, "You must not see truth for us; speak smooth things to us, see illusions,

Isaiah 56:11

And the dogs {have a greedy appetite}; they {are never satisfied}. And they are [the] shepherds! They do not have understanding. They all turn to their [own] way, each one for his [own] gain, {every one of them}.

Jeremiah 6:13

"For from the smallest of them to the greatest of them, {everyone} makes profit for unlawful gain. And from the prophet to the priest, {everyone} practices deceit.

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to conquerors, because from [the] smallest to [the] greatest, all of them make profit [for] unlawful gain, from prophet to priest, all of them practice deceit.

Micah 3:5

Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who are leading my people astray, who are biting with their teeth and proclaim, "Peace," but whoever puts nothing into their mouths they declare war against.

Malachi 1:10

"Who also among you will shut [the temple] doors [so that] you will not kindle fire in vain [on] my altar? I take no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of hosts, "and {I will not accept} an offering from your hand.

Matthew 22:16

And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people}.

Matthew 23:13

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you shut the kingdom of heaven before people! For you do not enter, nor permit those wanting to go in to enter.

Romans 9:1

I am telling the truth in Christ--[I am] not lying; my conscience bears witness to me in the Holy Spirit--

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own stomach, and by smooth speech and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like the majority who peddle the word of God, but as from pure motives--but as from God--we speak before God in Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:2

but we have renounced shameful hidden things, not behaving with craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but with the open proclamation of the truth commending ourselves to every person's conscience before God.

2 Corinthians 7:2

{Make room for us in your hearts}. We have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have defrauded no one.

2 Corinthians 12:17

I have not taken advantage of you {through anyone whom I sent to you}, [have I]?

Galatians 1:20

(Now [the things] which I am writing to you, behold, [I assure you] before God that I am not lying.)

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You [are] witnesses, and [so is] God, how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we became to you who believe,

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to wine, not a violent person, but gentle, peaceable, not loving money,

1 Timothy 3:8

Deacons likewise [must be] dignified, not insincere, not devoted to much wine, not fond of dishonest gain,

Titus 1:7

For it is necessary [for] the overseer to be blameless as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not by compulsion but willingly, in accordance with God, and not greedily but eagerly,

2 Peter 2:14-15

having eyes full of [desire for] an adulteress and unceasing from sin, enticing unstable persons, [and] having hearts trained for greediness. Accursed children!

2 Peter 2:18

{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}, they entice with desires of the flesh [and] with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, and have given themselves up to the error of Balaam for gain, and have perished in the rebellion of Korah.

Revelation 18:12-13

cargo of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple cloth and silk and scarlet cloth and all kinds of scented wood and all kinds of ivory goods and all kinds of goods of precious wood and bronze and iron and marble