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Micah 3:11
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Micah 3:11
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11 You rulers make decisions based on bribes;
you priests teach God’s laws only for a price;
you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid.
Yet all of you claim to depend on the Lord.
“No harm can come to us,” you say,
“for the Lord is here among us.”
Isaiah 1:23
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Isaiah 1:23
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23 Your leaders are rebels,
the companions of thieves.
All of them love bribes
and demand payoffs,
but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans
or fight for the rights of widows.
Isaiah 1:23
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Isaiah 1:23
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Jeremiah 6:13
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Jeremiah 6:13
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13 “From the least to the greatest,
their lives are ruled by greed.
From prophets to priests,
they are all frauds.
Jeremiah 6:13
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Jeremiah 6:13
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Micah 3:5
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Micah 3:5
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5 This is what the Lord says:
“You false prophets are leading my people astray!
You promise peace for those who give you food,
but you declare war on those who refuse to feed you.
Micah 3:5
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Micah 3:5
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5 This is what the Lord says:
Jeremiah 7:4
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Jeremiah 7:4
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4 But don’t be fooled by those who promise you safety simply because the Lord’s Temple is here. They chant, “The Lord’s Temple is here! The Lord’s Temple is here!”
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Jeremiah 7:4
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Jeremiah 7:4
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4 Do not trust(A) in deceptive(B) words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!”
1 Peter 5:2
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1 Peter 5:2
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2 Care for the flock that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly—not for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God.
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1 Peter 5:2
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1 Peter 5:2
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2 Be shepherds of God’s flock(A) that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;(B) not pursuing dishonest gain,(C) but eager to serve;
Titus 1:11
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Titus 1:11
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11 They must be silenced, because they are turning whole families away from the truth by their false teaching. And they do it only for money.
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Titus 1:11
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Titus 1:11
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11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households(A) by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
Acts 8:18-20
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Acts 8:18-20
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18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given when the apostles laid their hands on people, he offered them money to buy this power. 19 “Let me have this power, too,” he exclaimed, “so that when I lay my hands on people, they will receive the Holy Spirit!”
20 But Peter replied, “May your money be destroyed with you for thinking God’s gift can be bought!
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Acts 8:18-20
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Acts 8:18-20
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18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!(A)
Micah 7:3
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Micah 7:3
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3 Both their hands are equally skilled at doing evil!
Officials and judges alike demand bribes.
The people with influence get what they want,
and together they scheme to twist justice.
Micah 7:3
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Micah 7:3
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Isaiah 48:2
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Isaiah 48:2
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2 even though you call yourself the holy city
and talk about depending on the God of Israel,
whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Isaiah 48:2
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Isaiah 48:2
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1 Timothy 3:3
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1 Timothy 3:3
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3 He must not be a heavy drinker[a] or be violent. He must be gentle, not quarrelsome, and not love money.
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1 Timothy 3:3
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1 Timothy 3:3
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Jeremiah 8:10
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Jeremiah 8:10
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10 I will give their wives to others
and their farms to strangers.
From the least to the greatest,
their lives are ruled by greed.
Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that.
They are all frauds.
Jeremiah 8:10
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Jeremiah 8:10
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1 Samuel 12:3-4
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1 Samuel 12:3-4
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3 Now testify against me in the presence of the Lord and before his anointed one. Whose ox or donkey have I stolen? Have I ever cheated any of you? Have I ever oppressed you? Have I ever taken a bribe and perverted justice? Tell me and I will make right whatever I have done wrong.”
4 “No,” they replied, “you have never cheated or oppressed us, and you have never taken even a single bribe.”
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1 Samuel 12:3-4
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1 Samuel 12:3-4
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3 Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed.(A) Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey(B) have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe(C) to make me shut my eyes? If I have done(D) any of these things, I will make it right.”(E)
4 “You have not cheated or oppressed us,” they replied. “You have not taken anything from anyone’s hand.”
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