Luke 3:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

The soldiers

Matthew 8:5

Acts 10:7

Do violence to no man

Romans 13:9

Philippians 2:15

Accuse

And be

Philippians 4:11

1 Timothy 6:8

Hebrews 13:5

General references

Exodus 20:15

Leviticus 25:14

Deuteronomy 23:9

Bible References

The soldiers

And, when he entered into Capernaum, there came near unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

And, when the messenger who had been speaking with him had departed, calling two of the domestics, and a devout soldier of them that constantly attended him,

Do violence to no man

For, this - Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not commit murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not covet, and if there is any different commandment, in this word, is summed up, namely- Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

In order that ye may become faultless and inviolate, children of God, blameless amidst a crooked and perverted generation, amongst whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

Accuse

But, taking his stand, Zacchaeus said unto the Lord - Lo! the half of my possessions, Lord, unto the destitute, I give; and, if, from anyone, I have taken aught by false accusation, I give back fourfold.

Thou shalt not testify against thy neighbour, with a witness of falsehood.

Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong.

Ye shall not steal, - nor deceive nor lie one man to another;

Aged women, in the same way, in deportment, as becometh sacred persons, not given to intrigue, nor yet, to much wine, enslaved, teachers of virtue, -

And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying - Now, hath come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; because the accuser of our brethren hath been cast out, who was accusing them before our God day and night;

And be

Not that, as to coming short, I am speaking, for, I, have learned, in whatsoever circumstances I am, to be, independent:

And, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content;

Without fondness for money, be your way of life, - being content with the present things, - for, he, hath said: In nowise, thee, will I leave, no indeed! in nowise, thee, will I forsake:

General references

Thou shalt not steal.

And when ye sell anything to thy neighbour, or buy aught at thy neighbour's hand, do not overreach one another.

When thou goest forth into camp against thine enemies, then shalt thou beware of everything foul.