Ephesians 4:28

Old Behavior, New Behavior, And Motivation

²⁷ and do not give the devil an opportunity. ²⁸ He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need. ²⁹ Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

Do Good

What is Good

That Which Is Good

No

Exodus 20:15

“You shall not steal.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

2 Thessalonians 3:11-12

For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.

Exodus 20:17

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Exodus 21:16

“He who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death.

Job 34:32

Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity,
I will not do it again’?

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But the one who gathers by labor increases it.

Proverbs 14:23

In all labor there is profit,
But mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.

Proverbs 30:9

That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

Jeremiah 7:9

Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known,

Hosea 4:2

There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery.
They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Zechariah 5:3

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.

Luke 3:8

Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

Luke 3:10-14

And the crowds were questioning him, saying, “Then what shall we do?”

Luke 19:8

Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”

Luke 21:1-4

And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.

John 12:6

Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.

John 13:29

For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy the things we have need of for the feast”; or else, that he should give something to the poor.

Acts 20:34-35

You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my own needs and to the men who were with me.

Romans 12:13

contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

1 Corinthians 6:10-11

nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

2 Corinthians 8:2

that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

2 Corinthians 9:12-15

For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God.

Galatians 6:10

So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.

2 Thessalonians 3:6-8

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us.

1 Timothy 6:18

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,