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Thematic Bible: Vices


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Proverbs 11:1
Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight. Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfAbominationsBalance In LifeBalances, Dishonest UseFalsehoodDelight, God ExpressingDeception, Forbidden By GodBuying and sellingGod, Will OfHonestyInjustice, Hated By GodInjustice, Examples OfGod, Justice OfMoney, Stewardship OfBalances, For BusinessTradeTrustworthinessWeights And Measures, LawsBusiness EthicsFinanceAbominations, To GodDishonesty CondemnedCheatingJust WeightsWeighingAccuracyGod Hating ThingsSocial dutiesDishonestybalanceweightcheatersmeasurement

Hosea 12:7
As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Examples OfMarketsMerchantsOccupationsStealingTradeTrustworthinessWork, And The FallDishonesty CondemnedCheatingCommerceOppressorsbalancecheaters

Micah 6:11
Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment? Verse ConceptsDeception, Forbidden By GodDeceit, Practice OfMarketsTrustworthinessCharacter Of WickedDishonesty CondemnedJust WeightsAcquittalDeviousnessDishonestybalanceAcquitting The Guilty

Jeremiah 17:11
Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfManipulationInjustice, Examples OfMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinMoney, Stewardship OfProfitsRich, TheRiches, Ungodly Use OfBusiness EthicsBirds, Figurative UseUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedAnimal ReproductionPartridgesFoolish PeopleMisrepresentationGetting RichFools

Proverbs 20:14
A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingNegotiationDishonesty CondemnedWorthLosing FriendsValuecheaterssales

Deuteronomy 25:13
Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small; Verse ConceptsBagsDeception, Forbidden By GodWork, And The FallBusiness EthicsDishonesty CondemnedJust Weightsbalanceweight

Proverbs 20:10
Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord. Verse ConceptsAbominationsBalances, For BusinessDeception, Forbidden By GodBuying and sellingMoney, Stewardship OfBalances, Dishonest UseTradeWeights And Measures, LawsDishonesty CondemnedJust WeightsAccuracyAbominations, To Godweight

Proverbs 21:6
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death. Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentManipulationProverbsRiches, Ungodly Use OfTongueTreasureBusiness EthicsUnjust GainDishonesty Condemnedcheaters

Jeremiah 22:13
A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work; Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfLeaders, PoliticalMastersRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedEmployersPresumptuous PlansWoe To The WickedInjustice

Jeremiah 17:11
Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfManipulationInjustice, Examples OfMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinMoney, Stewardship OfProfitsRich, TheRiches, Ungodly Use OfBusiness EthicsBirds, Figurative UseUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedAnimal ReproductionPartridgesFoolish PeopleMisrepresentationGetting RichFools

Proverbs 21:6
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death. Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentManipulationProverbsRiches, Ungodly Use OfTongueTreasureBusiness EthicsUnjust GainDishonesty Condemnedcheaters

Jeremiah 22:13
A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work; Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfLeaders, PoliticalMastersRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedEmployersPresumptuous PlansWoe To The WickedInjustice

Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing. Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfPoverty, SpiritualProfitsBusiness EthicsUnjust GainLittle FoodTreasure In HeavenInjustice

Proverbs 22:16
He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need. Verse ConceptsAffluenceCovetingBad LeadershipSocial JusticeInjustice, Nature And Source OfMoney, Stewardship OfPoverty, Causes OfRich, TheRiches, Dangers OfRiches, Ungodly Use OfUnjust GainNot Helping The PoorRight Use Of WealthEconomicsHelping The PoorAbuseoppressioncheaters

Proverbs 28:8
He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor. Verse ConceptsCreditorsGreed, Condemnation OfInterestKindnessMoney, Stewardship OfUnjust GainBlessings For Those Who Help The PoorChargeSaving Moneyinvestingpity

Ezekiel 22:13
See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you. Verse ConceptsExtortionUnjust GainCommerceBeating OneselfKilling Many People

James 5:4
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies. Verse ConceptsFraudCheatingDishonesty, Kinds OfHearingHiringMastersMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfOppression, Nature OfPoverty, Causes OfPrayer, Answers ToRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfSuffering, HardshipSuffering, Of The InnocentWagesOppression, Examples OfEmployersRiches, Can Lead ToUnjust GainMowingReapersMen DeceivingGod As A WarriorOutcryCauses of failure in

Isaiah 10:2
Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father. Verse ConceptsFraudThe NeedyPlunderingHuntingOppression, Nature OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoor, Oppression OfExtortionNo JusticeNot Helping WidowsHelping The Pooroppression

Ezekiel 22:12
In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord. Verse ConceptsFraudCreditCovenant breakersExcessGreed, Condemnation OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfInterestMoney, Stewardship OfBusiness EthicsCovetousness, Results InExtortionSheddingKilling The InnocentOppressors

Amos 5:11
So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine. Verse ConceptsBuildingFraudCovenant breakersManipulationExploitationsInjustice, Nature And Source OfMoney, Stewardship OfOppression, God's Attitude ToPoverty, Causes OfStonesUnkindnessVineyardPlanting VineyardsBusiness EthicsPoor, Oppression OfPoor, The Wicked Response ToCultivationExtortionTaking AdvantageBuilding HousesNot Drinking WineNot Helping The PoorPaying For Goodstaxes

Matthew 18:28
But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt. Verse ConceptsFraudUnmercifulnessExtortion, Examples OfDenariusExtortionGraspingSettling AccountsDebtServant Leadership

Matthew 23:25
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire. Verse ConceptsGluttonyCups, Figurative UseCovetingExtortionExtortion, Examples Ofevil, origins ofGreed, Condemnation OfPeace, Human Search ForRiches, Dangers OfRitualSelf IndulgenceSelfishnessExternalsThe Inward BeingClean ObjectsHypocritesGreedHypocrisy

Luke 3:13
And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount. Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfTaxExtortionBeing Contenttaxes

1 Corinthians 5:10
But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely: Verse ConceptsGreed, Condemnation OfExtortionNature Of IdolatryGreedSexual ImmoralitySexual Puritycheaters

1 Kings 21:7
Then Jezebel, his wife, said, Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, take food, and let your heart be glad; I will give you the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Examples OfTemptressesEating Drinking And RejoicingExercisejezebel

Genesis 21:25
But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force. Verse ConceptsServants, BadWellsDishonesty, Examples Of

Genesis 26:20
But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it. Verse ConceptsServants, BadDishonesty, Examples OfPeople Possessing Other ThingsPeople Naming ThingsStock Keeping

Genesis 31:41
These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed. Verse ConceptsdowryCovetousness, Example OfDishonesty, Examples OfThe Number FourteenTen TimesSix YearsTen To Fourteen Years20 To 30 YearsChangeServing Individuals

Joshua 7:11
Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods. Verse ConceptsRiches, Dangers OfStealingDishonesty, Examples OfBreaking The CovenantIndividuals Who LiedUnder The Ban

Judges 17:2
And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Examples OfUnder The BanMay God Bless!Money Blessingsmums

Judges 18:17
Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Examples OfFive PeopleSix To Seven HundredStanding In The GatewaySix Hundred And Above

Leviticus 6:2
If anyone does wrong, and is untrue to the Lord, acting falsely to his neighbour in connection with something put in his care, or something given for a debt, or has taken away anything by force, or has been cruel to his neighbour, Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersServants, BadUnfaithfulness, To GodAvoiding Deceitcheaters

Song of Songs 1:6
Let not your eyes be turned on me, because I am dark, because I was looked on by the sun; my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vine-gardens; but my vine-garden I have not kept. Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansScorchingLooking Intently At PeopleBlack PeopleUnnamed People Angry With OthersSunMothers And SonsColorSunshine

Ezekiel 16:17
And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself male images, acting like a loose woman with them; Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersGoldTreasureJewelleryBeauty Of Thingsjewelry

Luke 16:12
And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours? Verse ConceptsFraudPossessingServants, BadFaithfulnessPropertyTreating OthersTrusting OthersMoney Managementpossessions

2 Kings 2:23
Then from there he went up to Beth-el; and on his way, some little boys came out from the town and made sport of him, crying, Go up, old no-hair! go up, old no-hair! Verse ConceptsBaldnessdisabilitiesImmaturityRoadsTownMockingWicked Children, Examples OfInfidelity To GodDisrespect For Old AgeAge DiscriminationKidsFunhumorharassment

Job 19:18
Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me. Verse ConceptsChildren, Bad KidsImmaturityRidicule, Objects OfWicked Children, Regard To ParentsDealing With Young People

Job 30:12
The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me: Verse ConceptsRight Sides

Isaiah 3:5
And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble. Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToBad ChildrenDisrespect For Old AgeDiscourtesyOppressorsThe Elderly

Leviticus 19:13
Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning. Verse ConceptsFraudethics, personalEmploymentdelay, humanHiringMastersMoney, Stewardship OfOppression, Nature OfRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesEmployersMasters Duties Towards ServantsDuties To NeighboursOvernightDo Not Stealcheaters

Mark 10:19
You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother. Verse ConceptsFraudFathers, Responsibilities OfAdultery, DefinedDefraudingMoney, Stewardship OfMothers, Responsibilities OfMurderStealingWitnesses, FalseChildren, Attitude to ParentsHonouring ParentsAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealFulfilling The LawHonour The HonourablePeople With General KnowledgeRespect For PeopleEighth Commandment

1 Corinthians 6:8
So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property. Verse ConceptsFraudRobbing PeopleWronging Other PeopleBeing Gaycheaters

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