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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"You shall not steal.

" 'You shall not steal, and you shall not deceive, and you shall not lie {to one another};

"If a man is {caught} kidnapping somebody from [among] his countrymen, the {Israelites}, and he treats him as a slave or he sells him, then that kidnapper shall die, and [so] you shall purge the evil {from among you}.

"There shall not be {for your use} in your bag {two kinds of stone weights, a large one and a small one}.

Balances of deceit [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but {an accurate weight} delights him.

A balance and scales of justice [belong] to Yahweh; all the weights of the bag [are] his work.

"Bad, bad," the buyer will say, but [when] one goes to him, then he will boast.

He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.

For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the man of Judah [is] the plantation of his delight. [And] he waited for justice, but look! Bloodshed! For righteousness, but look! A cry of distress!

There is nobody {who pleads with} justice, and there is nobody who judges with honesty. They rely on nothing and speak vanity. They conceive trouble and beget iniquity;

"Let everyone be on your guard against his neighbor, and you must not trust in any brother, for everyone surely betrays, and every neighbor goes about [with] slander.

And look! I strike my hand for your ill-gotten gain that you [have] made and at your blood that was in the midst of you.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Enough [of this] for you, the princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction and do justice and righteousness; revoke your [acts of] dispossession from upon my people!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

saying, "When will the new moon be over, so that we can sell grain? And the Sabbath, so that we can open the grain bins, that we can make [the] ephah small and make [the] shekel large, and can practice deceit [with] a set of scales of deceit?

Yahweh [is] righteous in her midst; he does not do wickedness. {Morning by morning} he renders his judgment; at dawn he does not fail, but an evil one knows no shame.

"Then I will approach you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers, and against those who swear {falsely}, and against the oppressors of [the] hired worker [with his] wages, [the] widow and [the] orphan, and {the abusers of} [the] alien, and [yet] do not fear me," says Yahweh of hosts.

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"

Therefore it is already completely a loss for you that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands [what is] good, so that he may have [something] to share with the one who has need.

Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts.

In any matter

{Vengeance belongs to me} and [also] recompense, {for at the time their foot slips}, because the day of their disaster [is] near, {and fate comes quickly for them}.'

"If I have rejected my male or female slave's case when their complaint [was] against me,

O Yahweh, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.

I know that Yahweh will maintain [the] cause of [the] afflicted, [and] justice for [the] needy.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;

Do not be surprised if you see the poor being oppressed with violence or [do not see] justice and righteousness in the province. For one official is watched by a higher official, and [there are] even higher officials over them!

Your princes [are] rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend [the] orphan and [the] legal dispute of [the] widow does not come before them.

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

Do not take revenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to [God's] wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance [is] mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these [things] the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

with burning flame giving punishment to those who do not know God and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus,

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But I will show you whom you should fear: fear the one who has authority, after the killing, to throw [you] into hell! Yes, I tell you, fear this one!

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, [things] which I am telling you [in advance], just as I said before, that the ones who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, [that] you no longer walk as the Gentiles walk: in the futility of their mind,

General references

And he said, "Your brother came in deceit and took your blessing."

"You shall not steal.

But you wrong and defraud, and [do] this [to] brothers!