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Deuteronomy 27:25
‘ Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say,‘ Amen.’
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Ezekiel 23:35
“ Therefore the Lord Yahweh says:‘ Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore you also bear your lewdness and your prostitution.’”
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Psalms 15:5
he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.
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Ezekiel 18:13
has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.
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Micah 7:2-3
The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
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Ezekiel 18:8
he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,
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Psalms 106:21
They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
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Jeremiah 2:32
“ Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
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Leviticus 25:35-36
“‘ If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.
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Deuteronomy 23:19
You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest.
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Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Zephaniah 3:3-4
Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.
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Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
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Leviticus 19:13
“‘ You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.“‘ The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
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1 Timothy 3 3
not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
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Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.
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Luke 19:8
Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord,“ Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”
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1 Timothy 6 9-1 Timothy 6 10
But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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James 5:1-4
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth- eaten.Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.
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1 Corinthians 5 11
But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.
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Matthew 23:13
“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
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Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
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Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this:‘ God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
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Isaiah 56:11
Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
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Jeremiah 3:21
A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
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Nehemiah 5:1
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
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Exodus 22:25-26
“ If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not charge him interest.If you take your neighbor’s garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,
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Nehemiah 5:7
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them,“ You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.
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Luke 3:13
He said to them,“ Collect no more than that which is appointed to you.”
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Exodus 23:7-8
“ Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.“ You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Matthew 23:25
“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.
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1 Corinthians 6 10
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.
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Deuteronomy 32:18
Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who gave you birth.