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But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
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“‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.
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For the Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.
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But his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.
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The Lord detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him.
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Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
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The Lord detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.
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The righteous detest the dishonest; the wicked detest the upright.
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“But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.”
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By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching.
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The merchant uses dishonest scales and loves to defraud.
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saying, “When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales,
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Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?
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“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
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“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
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In the same way, deacons are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.
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Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.
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They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
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Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve;
