40 Bible Verses about cheaters
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But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
and your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but God has not allowed him to harm me.
Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to conquerors, because from [the] smallest to [the] greatest, all of them make profit [for] unlawful gain, from prophet to priest, all of them practice deceit.
Will a human [dare to] rob God? Yet you [are] robbing me! And you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In the tithes and the contributions!
" 'You shall not steal, and you shall not deceive, and you shall not lie {to one another};
And when you sell something to your fellow citizen or [you] buy from your neighbor's hand, you must not oppress {one another}.
And Jacob drew near to Isaac his father. And he felt him and said, "The voice [is] the voice of Jacob, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau."
They covet fields and seize [them], and houses, and they take [them] away. They oppress a man and his house; a man and his inheritance.
"Let everyone be on your guard against his neighbor, and you must not trust in any brother, for everyone surely betrays, and every neighbor goes about [with] slander.
And you must not oppress {one another}, but you shall revere your God, because I [am] Yahweh, your God.
" 'As for a man who commits adultery with a man's wife, who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, [both] the man who commits adultery and the woman who commits adultery shall surely be put to death.
And he summoned each one of his own master's debtors [and] said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
" 'You shall not exploit your neighbor, and you shall not rob [him]; a hired worker's wage you shall not {withhold} overnight until morning.
For jealousy [is the] fury of a husband, and he will not show restraint on the day of revenge.
Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man, but afterward, his mouth will be filled [with] gravel.
A balance and scales of justice [belong] to Yahweh; all the weights of the bag [are] his work.
He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.
And also if anyone competes he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
"Cursed is the one who cheats, who has in his flock a male and vows [it], but [instead] sacrifices a blemished one to the Lord! For I [am] a great king," says Yahweh of hosts, "and my name [is] awesome among the nations."
You [are] being cursed with curse, for you [are] robbing me, the whole nation [of you]!
There will not live in the midst of my house a worker of deceit. One who speaks lies will not remain before my eyes.
By no means [did I mean] the sexually immoral people of this world or the greedy people and swindlers or idolaters, since then you would have to depart out of the world.
Balances of deceit [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but {an accurate weight} delights him.
He who oppresses the poor [in order] to enrich himself, [or] gives to the rich, {will come to poverty}.
But Peter said, "Ananias, for what [reason] has Satan filled your heart, [that] you lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back for yourself [some] of the proceeds of the piece of land?
nor thieves, nor greedy persons, not drunkards, not abusive persons, not swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
"When a person {displays infidelity} against Yahweh and he deceives his fellow citizen regarding something entrusted or {a pledge} or stealing or he exploits his fellow citizen,
Destruction [is] within it, and oppression and deceit do not depart from its public square.
Thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Enough [of this] for you, the princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction and do justice and righteousness; revoke your [acts of] dispossession from upon my people!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
But [as] for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share [is] in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.
not to transgress and to exploit his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the one who avenges concerning all these [things], just as also we told you beforehand and testified solemnly.
And your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; you will become a trampling place for the overwhelming flood when it passes through.
Let no one condemn you, taking pleasure in humility and the worship of angels, going into detail [about] [the things] which he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,
For you put up with [it] if someone enslaves you, if someone devours [you], if someone takes advantage of [you], if someone is presumptious [toward you], if someone strikes you in the face.
And Zacchaeus stopped [and] said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I am giving to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I am paying [it] back four times [as much]!"