12 Bible Verses about Dishonesty
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The man who can be trusted in a very small matter can be trusted in a large one, and the man who cannot be trusted in a very small matter cannot be trusted in a large one.
Assistants, in turn, must be serious, straightforward men, not addicted to wine or dishonest gain,
Such men are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
They must be silenced, for such men upset whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach, for the sake of dishonest gain.
Let the evil-doer do worse and worse, let the base grow baser and baser, let the upright man be more and more upright, and the man who is holy be more and more holy."
They revel in every kind of wrongdoing, wickedness, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and ill-nature.
So I tell you, make friends for yourselves with your ill-gotten wealth, so that when it fails, they may take you into the eternal dwellings.
For as God's overseer a superintendent must be irreproachable, not arrogant or quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious or addicted to dishonest gain,
From Thematic Bible
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Business life » Dishonesty » Extortion
But when the slave went out he met a fellow-slave of his who owed him twenty dollars, and he caught him by the throat and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Business life » Dishonesty » Examples of
Business life » Dishonesty » Fraud
You know the commandments??Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'
But it is you who wrong and rob others, and your own brothers at that!
Dishonesty » Condemned
Dishonesty » Examples of
Dishonesty » Instances of » Laban's treatment of jacob
Dishonesty » Who renounces the hidden things of dishonesty
So since by the mercy of God I am engaged in this service, I never lose heart. I disown disgraceful, underhanded ways. I refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's message. It is by the open statement of the truth that I would commend myself to every human conscience in the sight of God.
Dishonesty » Instances of » Abimelech's servants confiscate a well
Dishonesty » Instances of » Jacob obtains his brother's birthright by an unjust advantage
Dishonesty » Instances of » Jacob gains from laban's flocks by skillful manipulation
Dishonesty » Instances of » Achan hides the wedge of gold and the babylonian garment
Dishonesty » Instances of » Joab's guile in securing absalom's return
Dishonesty » Instances of » Simeon and levi deceive the shechemites
Dishonesty » Instances of » Ahab confiscates naboth's vineyard
Dishonesty » Instances of » Micah's priest steals his images
Dishonesty » Instances of » Rebekah's craftiness in jacob's behalf
Dishonesty » Instances of » Jacob steals his father's blessing
Dishonesty » Instances of » Judas' hypocritical sympathy for the poor
But he did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and when he had charge of the purse he used to take what was put in it.
Dishonesty » Instances of » Rachel steals the household gods
Dishonesty » Instances of » Micah steals one-thousand one-hundred pieces of silver
Fools » Characteristics of » Dishonesty
And anyone who listens to this teaching of mine and does not act upon it, will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
Judas » Characteristics of » Dishonesty
But he did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and when he had charge of the purse he used to take what was put in it.
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
Vices » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Vices » Dishonesty » Extortion
But when the slave went out he met a fellow-slave of his who owed him twenty dollars, and he caught him by the throat and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Vices » Dishonesty » Examples of
Vices » Dishonesty » Of children
Vices » Dishonesty » Fraud
You know the commandments??Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'
But it is you who wrong and rob others, and your own brothers at that!
Topics on Dishonesty
Dishonesty, Kinds Of
James 5:4Why, the wages you have withheld from the laborers who have reaped your harvests cry aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
