They make the king glad with their evil, and the rulers with their lies.

And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.

So Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah:

Then he said to him, Did not my heart go with you when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male and female servants?

My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the Pit,

cast in your lot among us, let us all have one purse.

for their feet run to evil and they make haste to shed blood.

To show partiality is not good; because, for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and does not recognize that poverty will come upon him.

and said, What will you give me, and I will deliver Him to you? And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.

For the love of money is a root of all evils, for which some being greedy, have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; accursed children.

They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have rushed out in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.

So he promised and sought opportunity to deliver Him to them away from the multitude.