1 Timothy 6:10
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10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Proverbs 1:19
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19 (A)So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.
1 Timothy 6:9
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9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
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Psalm 32:10
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10 (A)Many sorrows shall be to the wicked;
But (B)he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.
Titus 1:11
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11 whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, (A)for the sake of dishonest gain.
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Proverbs 1:31
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31 Therefore (A)they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
Jude 11
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11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way (A)of Cain, (B)have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished (C)in the rebellion of Korah.
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Matthew 23:13
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13 “But (A)woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
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Isaiah 56:11
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11 Yes, they are (A)greedy[a] dogs
Which (B)never[b] have enough.
And they are shepherds
Who cannot understand;
They all look to their own way,
Every one for his own gain,
From his own territory.
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- Isaiah 56:11 Lit. strong of soul
- Isaiah 56:11 Lit. do not know satisfaction
2 Timothy 4:10
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10 for (A)Demas has forsaken me, (B)having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica—Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
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Micah 3:11
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11 (A)Her heads judge for a bribe,
(B)Her priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for [a]money.
(C)Yet they lean on the Lord, and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No harm can come upon us.”
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- Micah 3:11 Lit. silver
Malachi 1:10
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10 “Who is there even among you who would shut the doors,
(A)So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain?
I have no pleasure in you,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
(B)“Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.
1 Timothy 6:21
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21 by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith.
Grace be with you. Amen.
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1 Timothy 3:3
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3 not [a]given to wine, not violent, [b]not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not [c]covetous;
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- 1 Timothy 3:3 addicted
- 1 Timothy 3:3 NU omits not greedy for money
- 1 Timothy 3:3 loving money
Ezekiel 16:33
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33 Men make payment to all harlots, but (A)you made your payments to all your lovers, and [a]hired them to come to you from all around for your harlotry.
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- Ezekiel 16:33 Or bribed
Jeremiah 5:27-28
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27 As a cage is full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and grown rich.
28 They have grown (A)fat, they are sleek;
Yes, they [a]surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead (B)the cause,
The cause of the fatherless;
(C)Yet they prosper,
And the right of the needy they do not defend.
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- Jeremiah 5:28 Or pass over or overlook
Isaiah 1:23
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23 (A)Your princes are rebellious,
And (B)companions of thieves;
(C)Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They (D)do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
Deuteronomy 16:19
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19 (A)You shall not pervert justice; (B)you shall not [a]show partiality, (C)nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and [b]twists the words of the righteous.
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- Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit. regard faces
- Deuteronomy 16:19 perverts
2 Peter 2:7-8
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7 and (A)delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, (B)tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)—
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James 5:19
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Bring Back the Erring One
19 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone (A)turns him back,
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Acts 1:16-19
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16 “Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, (A)which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, (B)who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus; 17 for (C)he was numbered with us and obtained a part in (D)this ministry.”
18 (E)(Now this man purchased a field with (F)the [a]wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his [b]entrails gushed out. 19 And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem; so that field is called in their own language, Akel Dama, that is, Field of Blood.)
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Ezekiel 13:19
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19 And will you profane Me among My people (A)for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die, and keeping people alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies?”
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2 Kings 5:27
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27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman (A)shall cling to you and your descendants forever.” And he went out from his presence (B)leprous, as white as snow.
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2 Samuel 4:10-11
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10 when (A)someone told me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag—the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news. 11 How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now (B)require his [a]blood at your hand and [b]remove you from the earth?”
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- 2 Samuel 4:11 Or bloodshed
- 2 Samuel 4:11 Lit. consume you
Judges 18:29-31
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29 And (A)they called the name of the city (B)Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel. However, the name of the city formerly was Laish.
30 Then the children of Dan set up for themselves the carved image; and Jonathan the son of Gershom, the son of [a]Manasseh, and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan (C)until the day of the captivity of the land. 31 So they set up for themselves Micah’s carved image which he made, (D)all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
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- Judges 18:30 LXX, Vg. Moses
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