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Thematic Bible: Vices


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Proverbs 11:1
A false scale balance is an abomination to Jehovah. A perfect 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
Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Examples OfMarketsMerchantsOccupationsStealingTradeTrustworthinessWork, And The FallDishonesty CondemnedCheatingCommerceOppressorsbalancecheaters

Micah 6:11
Can I be pure with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful stone weights? Verse ConceptsDeception, Forbidden By GodDeceit, Practice OfMarketsTrustworthinessCharacter Of WickedDishonesty CondemnedJust WeightsAcquittalDeviousnessDishonestybalanceAcquitting The Guilty

Jeremiah 17:11
A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a wicked 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
Good for nothing, cries the buyer. But when he goes his way he boasts about the purchase. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingNegotiationDishonesty CondemnedWorthLosing FriendsValuecheaterssales

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

Proverbs 20:10
Differing weights and differing measures, both of them are an abomination to Jehovah. Verse ConceptsAbominationsBalances, For BusinessDeception, Forbidden By GodBuying and sellingMoney, Stewardship OfBalances, Dishonest UseTradeWeights And Measures, LawsDishonesty CondemnedJust WeightsAccuracyAbominations, To Godweight

Proverbs 21:6
Wealth acquired by lying is fleeting vapor and a deadly pursuit. Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentManipulationProverbsRiches, Ungodly Use OfTongueTreasureBusiness EthicsUnjust GainDishonesty Condemnedcheaters

Jeremiah 22:13
Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice. Woe to him who uses his neighbor's services without pay and does not give him his wages. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfLeaders, PoliticalMastersRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedEmployersPresumptuous PlansWoe To The WickedInjustice

Jeremiah 17:11
A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a wicked 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
Wealth acquired by lying is fleeting vapor and a deadly pursuit. Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentManipulationProverbsRiches, Ungodly Use OfTongueTreasureBusiness EthicsUnjust GainDishonesty Condemnedcheaters

Jeremiah 22:13
Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice. Woe to him who uses his neighbor's services without pay and does not give him his wages. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfLeaders, PoliticalMastersRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedEmployersPresumptuous PlansWoe To The WickedInjustice

Proverbs 16:8
Better to be poor with righteousness than rich with injustice. Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfPoverty, SpiritualProfitsBusiness EthicsUnjust GainLittle FoodTreasure In HeavenInjustice

Proverbs 22:16
He who gets ahead by oppressing the poor and giving to the rich will certainly suffer 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
He who becomes wealthy through unfair loans and interest collects them for the one who pitys the poor. Verse ConceptsCreditorsGreed, Condemnation OfInterestKindnessMoney, Stewardship OfUnjust GainBlessings For Those Who Help The PoorChargeSaving Moneyinvestingpity

Ezekiel 22:13
I strike my fist at your dishonest gain and your acts of bloodshed. Verse ConceptsExtortionUnjust GainCommerceBeating OneselfKilling Many People

James 5:4
Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts. 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
They deprive the poor of justice. They take away the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and rob orphans. Verse ConceptsFraudThe NeedyPlunderingHuntingOppression, Nature OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoor, Oppression OfExtortionNo JusticeNot Helping WidowsHelping The Pooroppression

Ezekiel 22:12
Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me. The Lord Jehovah has spoken. Verse ConceptsFraudCreditCovenant breakersExcessGreed, Condemnation OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfInterestMoney, Stewardship OfBusiness EthicsCovetousness, Results InExtortionSheddingKilling The InnocentOppressors

Amos 5:11
You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them. 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
Then that servant met another servant who was in debt to him for one hundred denarii. He took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay your debt now.' Verse ConceptsFraudUnmercifulnessExtortion, Examples OfDenariusExtortionGraspingSettling AccountsDebtServant Leadership

Matthew 23:25
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, yet the inside is full of extortion and excess. 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: Collect no more than that which is prescribed. Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfTaxExtortionBeing Contenttaxes

1 Corinthians 5:10
Yet you cannot completely avoid the fornicators of this world, nor the greedy persons, nor cheaters and robbers, nor those who worship idols. To do so you would have to leave this world. Verse ConceptsGreed, Condemnation OfExtortionNature Of IdolatryGreedSexual ImmoralitySexual Puritycheaters

1 Kings 21:7
Then his wife Jezebel said: Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, eat and be happy. I will give you the garden of Naboth the Jezreelite. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Examples OfTemptressesEating Drinking And RejoicingExercisejezebel

Genesis 21:25
Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water that the servants of Abimelech had seized. Verse ConceptsServants, BadWellsDishonesty, Examples Of

Genesis 26:20
The herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac. They said: The water is ours! So he named the well Esek, because they argued with him. Verse ConceptsServants, BadDishonesty, Examples OfPeople Possessing Other ThingsPeople Naming ThingsStock Keeping

Genesis 31:41
I have been in your house twenty years! I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters. I kept your flock for six years. 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, and they have also transgressed my covenant I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things and put them in their own possessions. Verse ConceptsRiches, Dangers OfStealingDishonesty, Examples OfBreaking The CovenantIndividuals Who LiedUnder The Ban

Judges 17:2
He said to his mother: When someone stole those eleven hundred pieces of silver from you, you put a curse on the robber. I heard you do it. Look, I have the money. I am the one who took it. His mother said: Jehovah blesses you. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Examples OfUnder The BanMay God Bless!Money Blessingsmums

Judges 18:17
The five spies went straight into the house. They took the wooden idol covered with silver, the other idols, and the ephod. The priest stayed at the gate with the six hundred armed men. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Examples OfFive PeopleSix To Seven HundredStanding In The GatewaySix Hundred And Above

Leviticus 6:2
If any of you sin against Jehovah by failing to do your duty, if you lie to your neighbor about something you were supposed to take care of or if you lie about something stolen or seized from your neighbor, you are sinning and will be guilty. Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersServants, BadUnfaithfulness, To GodAvoiding Deceitcheaters

Song of Songs 1:6
Do not look at me because I am black. The sun has tanned me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me the keeper of the vineyards. I have not kept my own vineyard! Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansScorchingLooking Intently At PeopleBlack PeopleUnnamed People Angry With OthersSunMothers And SonsColorSunshine

Ezekiel 16:17
You took your beautiful gold and silver jewelry that I had given you and made male idols for yourself. Then you committed adultery with them. Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersGoldTreasureJewelleryBeauty Of Thingsjewelry

Luke 16:12
If you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what belongs to you? Verse ConceptsFraudPossessingServants, BadFaithfulnessPropertyTreating OthersTrusting OthersMoney Managementpossessions

2 Kings 2:23
Elisha left Jericho to go to Bethel. On the way some boys came out of a town and taunted and made fun of him. They shouted: Get out of here, baldy! Verse ConceptsBaldnessdisabilitiesImmaturityRoadsTownMockingWicked Children, Examples OfInfidelity To GodDisrespect For Old AgeAge DiscriminationKidsFunhumorharassment

Job 19:18
Even young children despise me. If I stand up, they make fun of me. Verse ConceptsChildren, Bad KidsImmaturityRidicule, Objects OfWicked Children, Regard To ParentsDealing With Young People

Job 30:12
They have attacked me on my right side like a mob. They trip my feet and then prepare ways to destroy me. Verse ConceptsRight Sides

Isaiah 3:5
People will oppress each other. Everyone will harass his neighbor. The young will tyrannize the old. The common people will taunt their superiors. Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToBad ChildrenDisrespect For Old AgeDiscourtesyOppressorsThe Elderly

Leviticus 19:13
Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. Do not fail to pay your workers at the end of each day. 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, do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, 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 do wrong and defraud, and you do this to your brothers and sisters! Verse ConceptsFraudRobbing PeopleWronging Other PeopleBeing Gaycheaters

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