Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.
The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."
"It's worthless! It's worthless!" says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.
You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.
Diverse weights and diverse measures -- the Lord abhors both of them.
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.
The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.
The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
"'See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.
Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Dishonesty » Condemned
The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.
The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."
"It's worthless! It's worthless!" says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.
You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.
Diverse weights and diverse measures -- the Lord abhors both of them.
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
Lying » Vanity of getting riches by
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
Lying/lies » The acquiring of wealth by lying
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Get, by vanity
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.
The lord seeking that which was lost » Those that seek death
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
Vanity » Riches gotten by falsehood are
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.
The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."
"It's worthless! It's worthless!" says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.
You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.
Diverse weights and diverse measures -- the Lord abhors both of them.
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
Vices » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.
The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.
The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
"'See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.
Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Wealth » The acquisition of treasures by lying
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.