1 Thessalonians 4:6

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1 Thessalonians 4:6

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Summary

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

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In any matter

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Luke 12:5

Galatians 5:21

Ephesians 4:17

General references

Genesis 27:35

Exodus 20:15

1 Corinthians 6:8

Bible References

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Thou shall not steal.

Ye shall not steal, nor shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him, then that thief shall die. So shall thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

Thou shall not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

A just balance and scales are LORD's. All the weights of the bag are his work.

It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer, but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

He who robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.

For the vineyard of LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. And he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression, for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.

No man sues in righteousness, and no man pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou have made, and at thy blood which has been in the midst of thee.

Thus says lord LORD: Let it suffice you, O rulers of Israel. Remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness. Take away your exactions from my people, says lord LORD.

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit,

LORD in the midst of her is righteous. He will not do iniquity. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He does not fail, but the unjust man knows no shame.

And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the FALSE swearers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the f

Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely. Thou shall not defraud. Thou shall honor thy father and mother.

Now therefore it is indeed altogether a defeat for you because ye have legal disputes against yourselves. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

Let the man who steals steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the good, so that he may have to give to him who has need.

Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of Lord of hosts.

In any matter

Vengeance is mine, and recompense at the time when their foot shall slide. For the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.

If I have despised the case of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me,

O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.

I know that LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted man, and justice for the needy.

Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.

If thou see the oppression of a poor man, and the violent wresting of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter. For [a man] higher than the high is observing, and there are higher [men] than they.

Thy rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They judge not the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all irreverence and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord.

Let no man deceive you by empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

in a fire of flame rendering vengeance to those who have not known God, and to those not obeying the good-news of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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But I will show you whom ye should fear. Fear him, who, after killing, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear ye him.

envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

This I say therefore, and solemnly declare in Lord, for you to walk no longer as also the other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

General references

And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and has taken away thy blessing.

Thou shall not steal.

Instead ye do wrong, and defraud, and these things to brothers.