Proverbs 15:27
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27 Whoever is (A)greedy for unjust gain (B)troubles his own household,
but he who hates (C)bribes will live.
Proverbs 1:19
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19 (A)Such are the ways of everyone who is (B)greedy for unjust gain;
(C)it takes away the life of its possessors.
Exodus 23:8
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8 (A)And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
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Jeremiah 17:11
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11 Like the (A)partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch,
so is (B)he who gets riches but not by justice;
(C)in the midst of his days they will leave him,
(D)and at his end he will be a fool.
Isaiah 33:15-16
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15 (A)He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
who despises the gain of oppressions,
who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
(B)and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
16 he will dwell on the heights;
his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks;
(C)his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.
Proverbs 11:29
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29 Whoever (A)troubles his own household will (B)inherit the wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
Deuteronomy 16:19
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19 (A)You shall not pervert justice. (B)You shall not show partiality, (C)and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
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Isaiah 5:8-10
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Woe to the Wicked
8 Woe to those who (A)join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
(B)“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
10 (C)For ten acres[a] of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a (D)homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”[b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:10 Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day
- Isaiah 5:10 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; an ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
Proverbs 28:16
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16 A ruler who (A)lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor,
but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
2 Kings 5:27
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27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence (A)a leper, like snow.
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Joshua 7:24-25
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24 And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the (A)Valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, “Why did you (B)bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel (C)stoned him with stones. (D)They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.
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Joshua 6:18
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18 But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel (A)a thing for destruction and (B)bring trouble upon it.
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Exodus 18:21
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21 Moreover, look for (A)able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
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