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Thematic Bible: Vices


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Proverbs 11:1
The LORD hates false scales, but he delights in accurate weights. 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
"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Examples OfMarketsMerchantsOccupationsStealingTradeTrustworthinessWork, And The FallDishonesty CondemnedCheatingCommerceOppressorsbalancecheaters

Micah 6:11
Will I tolerate those who maintain deceptive standards and who use deceitful weights in their business? Verse ConceptsDeception, Forbidden By GodDeceit, Practice OfMarketsTrustworthinessCharacter Of WickedDishonesty CondemnedJust WeightsAcquittalDeviousnessDishonestybalanceAcquitting The Guilty

Jeremiah 17:11
As a partridge gathers together eggs that it didn't lay, so is a person who amasses wealth unjustly. In the middle of his life it will leave him, and in the end he will prove to be a fool." 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
"This is bad, bad," says whoever is buying but then he brags as he walks away after the sale. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingNegotiationDishonesty CondemnedWorthLosing FriendsValuecheaterssales

Deuteronomy 25:13
"Don't have different weights in your bag one heavy and one light. Verse ConceptsBagsDeception, Forbidden By GodWork, And The FallBusiness EthicsDishonesty CondemnedJust Weightsbalanceweight

Proverbs 20:10
False weights and measures the LORD surely detests both of them. Verse ConceptsAbominationsBalances, For BusinessDeception, Forbidden By GodBuying and sellingMoney, Stewardship OfBalances, Dishonest UseTradeWeights And Measures, LawsDishonesty CondemnedJust WeightsAccuracyAbominations, To Godweight

Proverbs 21:6
A fortune gained by deceit is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentManipulationProverbsRiches, Ungodly Use OfTongueTreasureBusiness EthicsUnjust GainDishonesty Condemnedcheaters

Jeremiah 22:13
"How terrible for him who builds his house without righteousness, and its upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor work for nothing, and does not pay him his wage. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfLeaders, PoliticalMastersRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedEmployersPresumptuous PlansWoe To The WickedInjustice

Jeremiah 17:11
As a partridge gathers together eggs that it didn't lay, so is a person who amasses wealth unjustly. In the middle of his life it will leave him, and in the end he will prove to be a fool." 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
A fortune gained by deceit is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentManipulationProverbsRiches, Ungodly Use OfTongueTreasureBusiness EthicsUnjust GainDishonesty Condemnedcheaters

Jeremiah 22:13
"How terrible for him who builds his house without righteousness, and its upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor work for nothing, and does not pay him his wage. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfLeaders, PoliticalMastersRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedEmployersPresumptuous PlansWoe To The WickedInjustice

Proverbs 16:8
A little gain with righteousness is better than great income without justice. Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfPoverty, SpiritualProfitsBusiness EthicsUnjust GainLittle FoodTreasure In HeavenInjustice

Proverbs 22:16
Whoever oppresses the poor to enrich himself and whoever gives gifts to the wealthy will yield only loss. 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
Whoever gains wealth by charging exorbitant interest collects it for someone who is kind to the poor. Verse ConceptsCreditorsGreed, Condemnation OfInterestKindnessMoney, Stewardship OfUnjust GainBlessings For Those Who Help The PoorChargeSaving Moneyinvestingpity

Ezekiel 22:13
"Watch out! I'm vehemently angry about the unjust gains that you've earned, and about the blood that has been shed among you. Verse ConceptsExtortionUnjust GainCommerceBeating OneselfKilling Many People

James 5:4
Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly 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
to deprive the needy of justice and to rob the poor of my people of their rights, so that widows may become their spoil and so that they may plunder orphans! Verse ConceptsFraudThe NeedyPlunderingHuntingOppression, Nature OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoor, Oppression OfExtortionNo JusticeNot Helping WidowsHelping The Pooroppression

Ezekiel 22:12
They take bribes among you to shed blood. You've taken usury and exacted interest. You've gained control over your neighbor through extortion. And you've forgotten me," declares the Lord GOD. Verse ConceptsFraudCreditCovenant breakersExcessGreed, Condemnation OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfInterestMoney, Stewardship OfBusiness EthicsCovetousness, Results InExtortionSheddingKilling The InnocentOppressors

Amos 5:11
"Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, taxing his grain, building houses of stone in which you won't live and planting fine vineyards from which you won't drink 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 when that servant went away, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him, seized him by the throat, and said, "Pay what you owe!' Verse ConceptsFraudUnmercifulnessExtortion, Examples OfDenariusExtortionGraspingSettling AccountsDebtServant Leadership

Matthew 23:25
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but on the inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Verse ConceptsGluttonyCups, Figurative UseCovetingExtortionExtortion, Examples Ofevil, origins ofGreed, Condemnation OfPeace, Human Search ForRiches, Dangers OfRitualSelf IndulgenceSelfishnessExternalsThe Inward BeingClean ObjectsHypocritesGreedHypocrisy

Luke 3:13
He told them, "Stop collecting more money than the amount you are told to collect." Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfTaxExtortionBeing Contenttaxes

1 Corinthians 5:10
not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, greedy, robbers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. Verse ConceptsGreed, Condemnation OfExtortionNature Of IdolatryGreedSexual ImmoralitySexual Puritycheaters

1 Kings 21:7
"Aren't you the reigning king of Israel," his wife Jezebel replied. "Get up, have a meal, and get ready to be happy. I'll go get you the vineyard that Naboth the Jezreelite owns." Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Examples OfTemptressesEating Drinking And RejoicingExercisejezebel

Genesis 21:25
But then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized. Verse ConceptsServants, BadWellsDishonesty, Examples Of

Genesis 26:20
But the herdsmen who lived in Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen. "The water is ours," they said. As a result, Isaac named the well Esek, for they had fiercely disputed with him about it. Verse ConceptsServants, BadDishonesty, Examples OfPeople Possessing Other ThingsPeople Naming ThingsStock Keeping

Genesis 31:41
I've lived in your house these 20 years serving fourteen years for your two daughters and another six years for your flocks. During all that time you changed my wages ten times. Verse ConceptsdowryCovetousness, Example OfDishonesty, Examples OfThe Number FourteenTen TimesSix YearsTen To Fourteen Years20 To 30 YearsChangeServing Individuals

Joshua 7:11
Israel has sinned. They broke my covenant that I commanded them by taking some of the things that had been turned over to destruction. They have stolen, have been deceitful, and have stored what they stole among their own belongings. Verse ConceptsRiches, Dangers OfStealingDishonesty, Examples OfBreaking The CovenantIndividuals Who LiedUnder The Ban

Judges 17:2
He told his mother, "Do you remember those 1,100 silver coins that were stolen from you and about which you uttered a curse when I could hear it? Well, I have the silver. I took it." So she replied, "May my son be blessed by the LORD." Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Examples OfUnder The BanMay God Bless!Money Blessingsmums

Judges 18:17
the five men who had gone to scout out the land arrived, entered Micah's home and confiscated the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the cast image. Meanwhile, the priest stood outside by the entrance to the gate with the 600 men armed with military weapons. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Examples OfFive PeopleSix To Seven HundredStanding In The GatewaySix Hundred And Above

Leviticus 6:2
"A person sins against the LORD by acting treacherously toward his neighbor regarding something entrusted to his care, regarding security for a loan, robbery, if he has oppressed his neighbor, Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersServants, BadUnfaithfulness, To GodAvoiding Deceitcheaters

Song of Songs 1:6
Don't stare at me because I'm dark; the sun has tanned me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me the caretaker of the vineyards, but I didn't take care of my own vineyard. Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansScorchingLooking Intently At PeopleBlack PeopleUnnamed People Angry With OthersSunMothers And SonsColorSunshine

Ezekiel 16:17
"You also took your fine jewelry including my gold and my silver that I had given you. Then you made for yourself male images and had sex with them! Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersGoldTreasureJewelleryBeauty Of Thingsjewelry

Luke 16:12
And if you haven't been faithful with what belongs to foreigners, who will give you what is your own? Verse ConceptsFraudPossessingServants, BadFaithfulnessPropertyTreating OthersTrusting OthersMoney Managementpossessions

2 Kings 2:23
Later, Elisha left there to go up to Bethel, and as he was traveling along the road, some insignificant young men came from the city and started mocking him. They told him, "Get on up, baldy! Get on up, baldy!" Verse ConceptsBaldnessdisabilitiesImmaturityRoadsTownMockingWicked Children, Examples OfInfidelity To GodDisrespect For Old AgeAge DiscriminationKidsFunhumorharassment

Job 19:18
Even little children hate me; when I get up, they mock me. Verse ConceptsChildren, Bad KidsImmaturityRidicule, Objects OfWicked Children, Regard To ParentsDealing With Young People

Job 30:12
"A wretched crowd ambushes me to my right; they trip my feet; they build up their path of calamity for me. Verse ConceptsRight Sides

Isaiah 3:5
People will oppress one another It will be man against man and neighbor against neighbor. The young will be disrespectful to the old, and the worthless to the honorable. Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToBad ChildrenDisrespect For Old AgeDiscourtesyOppressorsThe Elderly

Leviticus 19:13
"You are not to oppress your neighbor or rob him. "The wages of a hired laborer are not to remain in your possession until 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 know the commandments: "Never murder.' "Never commit adultery.' "Never steal.' "Never give false testimony.' "Never cheat.' "Honor 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
Instead, you yourselves practice doing wrong and cheating others, and brothers at that! Verse ConceptsFraudRobbing PeopleWronging Other PeopleBeing Gaycheaters

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