Thematic Bible: To be made for dishonesty

Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”

Verse Concepts

FraudExploitationsCompensationevil, victory overCheatingGood Decision Making ExamplesLaw, OtPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoverty, Remedies ForRepentance, Nature OfRiches, Believers AttitudesRiches, Nature OfSelf IndulgenceSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfStealing

Unfaithfulness, To PeopleBenevolenceAlmsgivingAltruismCharityFourfoldHalf Of PossessionsGiving To The PoorThose Helping The PoorStress And Hard TimesGiving Backpossessionscheatersaccusations

then he shall confess his sins which he has committed, and he shall make restitution in full for his wrong and add to it one-fifth of it, and give it to him whom he has wronged.

Verse Concepts

Fractions, One FifthSin Confessed

confessing

if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes which ensure life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Verse Concepts

CompensationStealingFulfilling The Law

Laws About PledgesLife Through Keeping The LawDebt

"When a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD, and deceives his companion in regard to a deposit or a security entrusted to him, or through robbery, or if he has extorted from his companion, or has found what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of the things a man may do; then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall restore what he took by robbery or what he got by extortion, or the deposit which was entrusted to him or the lost thing which he found, read more.
or anything about which he swore falsely; he shall make restitution for it in full and add to it one-fifth more He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day he presents his guilt offering.

“He returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.

Verse Concepts

Drawbacks To Riches