But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are all alike, [formed] out of vanity.

Fear casts down the slothful, and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.

Beware, each of his neighbor, and trust not in your brother, for everyone will surely supplant, and every friend will walk craftily.

[There is] usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit: they would not know Me, says the Lord.

And the princes of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Beguile him, and see where his great strength is, and by what means we may prevail against him, and bind him to humble him; and we will give you each eleven hundred pieces of silver.

And the elders of Moab went, and the elders of Midian, and their divining [instruments were] in their hands; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.

And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he said, I have found [you]; because you have wickedly sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger;

and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?" And they weighed out for him thirty silver [coins].

For this you know, that no fornicator, or unclean person, nor covetous person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some [by] aspiring have strayed away from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.