Bible Cross References
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Exodus 23:7
Do not make false accusations, and do not put an innocent person to death, for I will condemn anyone who does such an evil thing.
Exodus 23:8
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes people blind to what is right and ruins the cause of those who are innocent.
Deuteronomy 16:19
They are not to be unjust or show partiality in their judgments; and they are not to accept bribes, for gifts blind the eyes even of wise and honest men, and cause them to give wrong decisions.
Deuteronomy 27:25
" 'God's curse on anyone who accepts money to murder an innocent person.' "And all the people will answer, 'Amen!'
Isaiah 1:23
Your leaders are rebels and friends of thieves; they are always accepting gifts and bribes. They never defend orphans in court or listen when widows present their case.
Micah 7:2
There is not an honest person left in the land, no one loyal to God. Everyone is waiting for a chance to commit murder. Everyone hunts down their own people.
Micah 7:3
They are all experts at doing evil. Officials and judges ask for bribes. The influential people tell them what they want, and so they scheme together.
Zephaniah 3:3
Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.
Zephaniah 3:4
The prophets are irresponsible and treacherous; the priests defile what is sacred, and twist the law of God to their own advantage.
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Ezekiel 18:8
He doesn't lend money for profit. He refuses to do evil and gives an honest decision in any dispute.
Ezekiel 18:13
and lends money for profit. Will he live? No, he will not. He has done all these disgusting things, and so he will die. He will be to blame for his own death.
Exodus 22:25
"If you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest.
Exodus 22:26
If you take someone's cloak as a pledge that he will pay you, you must give it back to him before the sun sets,
Leviticus 25:35
If any Israelites living near you become poor and cannot support themselves, you must provide for them as you would for a hired worker, so that they can continue to live near you.
Leviticus 25:36
Do not charge Israelites any interest, but obey God and let them live near you.
Deuteronomy 23:19
"When you lend money or food or anything else to Israelites, do not charge them interest.
Nehemiah 5:1
Some time later many of the people, both men and women, began to complain against the other Jews.
Nehemiah 5:7
and decided to act. I denounced the leaders and officials of the people and told them, "You are oppressing your own relatives!" I called a public assembly to deal with the problem
Psalm 15:5
They make loans without charging interest and cannot be bribed to testify against the innocent. Whoever does these things will always be secure.
greedily
Proverbs 1:19
Robbery always claims the life of the robber---this is what happens to anyone who lives by violence.
Isaiah 56:11
They are like greedy dogs that never get enough. These leaders have no understanding. They each do as they please and seek their own advantage.
Matthew 23:14
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Matthew 23:25
"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You clean the outside of your cup and plate, while the inside is full of what you have gotten by violence and selfishness.
Luke 3:13
"Don't collect more than is legal," he told them.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, 'I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.
Luke 19:8
Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Listen, sir! I will give half my belongings to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times as much."
1 Corinthians 5:11
What I meant was that you should not associate with a person who calls himself a believer but is immoral or greedy or worships idols or is a slanderer or a drunkard or a thief. Don't even sit down to eat with such a person.
1 Corinthians 6:10
or who steal or are greedy or are drunkards or who slander others or are thieves---none of these will possess God's Kingdom.
1 Timothy 3:3
he must not be a drunkard or a violent man, but gentle and peaceful; he must not love money;
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and are caught in the trap of many foolish and harmful desires, which pull them down to ruin and destruction.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil. Some have been so eager to have it that they have wandered away from the faith and have broken their hearts with many sorrows.
James 5:1-4
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And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!
2
Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.
3
Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you and will eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days.
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You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.
Jude 1:11
How terrible for them! They have followed the way that Cain took. For the sake of money they have given themselves over to the error that Balaam committed. They have rebelled as Korah rebelled, and like him they are destroyed.
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Ezekiel 23:35
Now this is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "Because you forgot me and turned your back on me, you will suffer for your lust and your prostitution."
Deuteronomy 32:18
They forgot their God, their mighty savior, the one who had given them life.
Psalm 106:21
They forgot the God who had saved them by his mighty acts in Egypt.
Jeremiah 2:32
Does a young woman forget her jewelry, or a bride her wedding dress? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can be counted.
Jeremiah 3:21
A noise is heard on the hilltops: it is the people of Israel crying and pleading because they have lived sinful lives and have forgotten the LORD their God.