Thematic Bible: Vices
Thematic Bible
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
The LORD hates false scales, but he delights in accurate weights.
"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud.
Will I tolerate those who maintain deceptive standards and who use deceitful weights in their business?
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."
"This is bad, bad," says whoever is buying but then he brags as he walks away after the sale.
"Don't have different weights in your bag one heavy and one light.
False weights and measures the LORD surely detests both of them.
A fortune gained by deceit is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.
"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.
Vices » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
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."
A fortune gained by deceit is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.
"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.
A little gain with righteousness is better than great income without justice.
Whoever oppresses the poor to enrich himself and whoever gives gifts to the wealthy will yield only loss.
Whoever gains wealth by charging exorbitant interest collects it for someone who is kind to the poor.
"Watch out! I'm vehemently angry about the unjust gains that you've earned, and about the blood that has been shed among you.
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.
Vices » Dishonesty » Extortion
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!
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.
"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
"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!'
"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.
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.
Vices » Dishonesty » Examples of
"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."
But then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
Vices » Found in business » Breach of trust
"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,
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.
"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!
And if you haven't been faithful with what belongs to foreigners, who will give you what is your own?
Vices » Dishonesty » Of children
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!"
Even little children hate me; when I get up, they mock me.
"A wretched crowd ambushes me to my right; they trip my feet; they build up their path of calamity for me.
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.
Vices » Dishonesty » Fraud
"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.
You know the commandments: "Never murder.' "Never commit adultery.' "Never steal.' "Never give false testimony.' "Never cheat.' "Honor your father and mother.'"
Instead, you yourselves practice doing wrong and cheating others, and brothers at that!
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- Buying and selling
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- Commerce
- Covenant breakers
- Coveting
- Deceit, Practice Of
- Deception, Forbidden By God
- Dishonesty
- Dishonesty Condemned
- Dishonesty, Examples Of
- Dishonesty, Kinds Of
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- Do Not Steal
- Employers
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- Greed
- Greed, Condemnation Of
- Helping The Poor
- Hiring
- Immaturity
- Injustice
- Injustice, Examples Of
- Injustice, Nature And Source Of
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- Manipulation
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- Oppression, Nature Of
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- Outcry
- Poor, Oppression Of
- Poverty, Causes Of
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- Rich, The
- Riches, Dangers Of
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- Servants, Working Conditions Of
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- Treasure
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