13 Bible Verses about Dishonesty
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He who is trustworthy in the smallest matter is trustworthy in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in the smallest matter is dishonest in a great one also.
So, too, Assistant-Officers should be serious and straightforward men, not given to taking much drink or to questionable money-making,
Men of this stamp are false apostles, treacherous workers, disguising themselves as Apostles of Christ!
whose mouths ought to be stopped; for they upset whole households by teaching what they ought not to teach, merely to make questionable gains.
Let the wrong-doer continue to do wrong; the filthy-minded man continue to be filthy; the righteous man continue to act righteously; and the holy-minded man continue to be holy.'
I urge you to be true shepherds of the flock of God among you, not because you are compelled, but of your own free will; not from a base love of gain, but with a ready spirit;
They reveled in every form of wickedness, evil, greed, vice. Their lives were full of envy, murder, quarreling, treachery, malice.
And I say to you 'Win friends for yourselves with your dishonest money,' so that, when it comes to an end, there may be a welcome for you into the Eternal Home.
For a Presiding-Officer, as God's steward, ought to be a man of irreproachable character; not self-willed or quick-tempered, nor addicted to drink or to brawling or to questionable money-making.
From Thematic Bible
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Business life » Dishonesty » Extortion
But, on going out, that same servant came upon one of his fellow-servants who owed him ten pounds. Seizing him by the throat, he said 'Pay what you owe me.'
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are filled with the results of greed and self-indulgence.
Business life » Dishonesty » Examples of
Business life » Dishonesty » Fraud
You know the commandments--'Do not kill. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not say what is false about others. Do not cheat. Honor thy father and thy mother.'"
Instead of this, you wrong and cheat others yourselves-yes, even your Brothers!
Dishonesty » Condemned
Dishonesty » Examples of
Dishonesty » Instances of » Laban's treatment of jacob
Dishonesty » Who renounces the hidden things of dishonesty
Therefore, since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. No, we have renounced the secrecy prompted by shame, refusing to adopt crafty ways, or to tamper with God's Message, and commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God, by our exhibition of the Truth.
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
He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, 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 every one that listens to this teaching of mine and does not act upon it may be compared to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
Judas » Characteristics of » Dishonesty
He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
Vices » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Vices » Dishonesty » Extortion
But, on going out, that same servant came upon one of his fellow-servants who owed him ten pounds. Seizing him by the throat, he said 'Pay what you owe me.'
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are filled with the results of greed and self-indulgence.
Vices » Dishonesty » Examples of
Vices » Dishonesty » Of children
Vices » Dishonesty » Fraud
You know the commandments--'Do not kill. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not say what is false about others. Do not cheat. Honor thy father and thy mother.'"
Instead of this, you wrong and cheat others yourselves-yes, even your Brothers!
Topics on Dishonesty
Dishonesty, Kinds Of
James 5:4I tell you, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have been fraudulently keeping back, are crying out against you, and the outcries of your reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts!
