1 Chronicles 21:24
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24 But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
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Malachi 1:12-14
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12 But you profane it when you say that (A)the Lord's table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised. 13 But you say, (B)‘What a weariness this is,’ and you snort at it, says the Lord of hosts. (C)You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the Lord. 14 Cursed be the cheat who has (D)a male in his flock, and (E)vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For (F)I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name (G)will be feared among the nations.
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Deuteronomy 16:16-17
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16 (A)“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. (B)They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. 17 Every man (C)shall give as he is able, (D)according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.
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Genesis 23:13
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13 And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “But if you will, hear me: I give the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.”
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Genesis 14:23
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23 that (A)I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
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Romans 12:17
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17 (A)Repay no one evil for evil, but (B)give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
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