Judges 18:4

He told them what Micah had done for him and that he had hired him as his priest.

Judges 17:10

Micah replied, “Stay with me and be my father and priest, and I will give you four ounces of silver a year, along with your clothing and provisions.” So the Levite went in

Judges 17:12

Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.

Proverbs 28:21

It is not good to show partiality—
yet a man may sin for a piece of bread.

Isaiah 56:11

These dogs have fierce appetites;
they never have enough.
And they are shepherds
who have no discernment;
all of them turn to their own way,
every last one for his own gain.

Ezekiel 13:19

You profane Me in front of My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread; you kill those who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to My people, who listen to lies.

Hosea 4:8-9

They feed on the sin of My people;
they have an appetite for their transgressions.

“I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so you would no longer kindle a useless fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

John 10:12-13

The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.

Acts 8:18-21

When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

Acts 20:33

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to wine, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy—

Titus 1:11

It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

2 Peter 2:3

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

2 Peter 2:14-15

They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!

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