Judges 17:10
Micah said: Stay here with me. Be my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year along with some clothes, and your food.
Genesis 45:8
It was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me like a father to Pharaoh. He made me lord over his entire household, and ruler of Egypt.
Judges 17:11
The young Levite agreed to stay with Micah. He became like a son to him.
Judges 18:19-20
They told him: Be quiet. Do not say a word. Come with us and be our priest and adviser. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
1 Samuel 2:36
Your descendants who survive will have to go to that priest and ask him for money and food, and beg to be allowed to help the priests, in order to have something to eat.'
2 Kings 6:21
When the king of Israel saw the Syrians, he asked Elisha: Shall I kill them?
2 Kings 8:8-9
He said to Hazael, one of his officials: Take a gift to the prophet and ask him to consult Jehovah to find out whether or not I am going to get well.
2 Kings 13:14
Elisha became ill with the disease that caused his death. Jehoash, king of Israel, came down to him, and weeping over him said: My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy! I championed the cause of the stranger.
Isaiah 22:21
I will clothe him with your robe and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your responsibility into his hand. He will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
Ezekiel 13:19
You dishonor me in front of my people for a few handfuls of barley and a few pieces of bread. You kill people who should not die. You spare the lives of people who should not live. You lie to my people who are willing to listen.'
Matthew 26:15
He asked them: What are you willing to give me to deliver him to you? They paid him thirty pieces of silver.
John 12:6
He did not say this because he cared for the poor. He was a thief. He had the moneybox and took away what was put in it.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Peter 5:2
Shepherd the flock of God in your care. Exercise the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God. Do not do it for dishonest gain, but eagerly.