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Deuteronomy 27:25
‘ Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to attack an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say,‘ Amen.’
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Ezekiel 23:35
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:‘ Because you have forgotten Me and discarded Me behind your back, suffer on your own part the punishment for your outrageous sin and your obscene practices.’ ”
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Psalms 15:5
He does not lend his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. One who does these things will never be shaken.
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Ezekiel 18:13
lends money at interest and takes interest; will he live? He will not live! He has committed all these abominations, he shall certainly be put to death; his blood will be on himself.
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Micah 7:2-3
The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among mankind. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.As for evil, both hands do it well. The leader asks for a bribe, also the judge, And the great one speaks the capricious desire of his soul; So they plot it together.
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Ezekiel 18:8
and if he does not lend money at interest or take interest, if he keeps his hand from injustice and executes true justice between one person and another,
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Psalms 106:21
They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
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Jeremiah 2:32
Can a virgin forget her jewelry, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me For days without number.
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Leviticus 25:35-36
‘ Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means among you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a resident, so that he may live with you.Do not take any kind of interest from him, but fear your God, so that your countryman may live with you.
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Deuteronomy 23:19
“ You are not to charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned on interest.
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Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not distort justice, you shall not show partiality; and you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.
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Zephaniah 3:3-4
Her leaders within her are roaring lions, Her judges are wolves at evening; They have no bones to gnaw in the morning.Her prophets are insolent, treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the Law.
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Proverbs 1:19
Such are the ways of everyone who makes unjust gain; It takes away the life of its possessors.
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Leviticus 19:13
‘ You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired worker are not to remain with you all night until morning.
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1 Timothy 3 3
not overindulging in wine, not a bully, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.
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Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have given themselves up to the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
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Luke 19:8
But Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord,“ Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I am giving to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I am giving back four times as much.”
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1 Timothy 6 9-1 Timothy 6 10
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction.For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
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James 5:1-4
Come now, you rich people, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth eaten.Your gold and your silver have corroded, and their corrosion will serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of armies.
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1 Corinthians 5 11
But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so called brother if he is a sexually immoral person, or a greedy person, or an idolater, or is verbally abusive, or habitually drunk, or a swindler— not even to eat with such a person.
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Matthew 23:13
“ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter it yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
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Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after gifts. They do not obtain justice for the orphan, Nor does the widow’s case come before them.
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Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and began praying this in regard to himself:‘ God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, crooked, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
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Isaiah 56:11
And the dogs are greedy, they are never satisfied. And they are shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way, Each one to his unjust gain, without exception.
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Jeremiah 3:21
A voice is heard on the bare heights, The weeping, the pleading of the sons of Israel. Because they have perverted their way, They have forgotten the Lord their God.
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Nehemiah 5:1
Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
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Exodus 22:25-26
“ If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.If you ever seize your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,
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Nehemiah 5:7
So I thought it over and contended with the nobles and the leading people, and said to them,“ You are lending at interest, each to his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.
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Luke 3:13
And he said to them,“ Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.”
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Exodus 23:7-8
Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.“ You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
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Matthew 23:25
“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self indulgence.
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1 Corinthians 6 10
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
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Deuteronomy 32:18
You forgot the Rock who fathered you, And forgot the God who gave you birth.