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Acts 20:33
I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
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2 Corinthians 12 17
Did I take advantage of you by any of those I sent you?
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Romans 1:9
God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in telling the good news about his Son— that I constantly mention you,
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1 Thessalonians 2 10
You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously, and blamelessly we conducted ourselves with you believers.
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2 Corinthians 7 2
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, corrupted no one, taken advantage of no one.
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1 Peter 5 2
Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed for money but eagerly;
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Revelation 18:12-13
cargo of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; all kinds of fragrant wood products; objects of ivory; objects of expensive wood, brass, iron, and marble;cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and grain; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and slaves— human lives.
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2 Peter 2 14-2 Peter 2 15
They have eyes full of adultery that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of wickedness
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Galatians 1:20
I declare in the sight of God: I am not lying in what I write to you.
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2 Peter 2 18
For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
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2 Peter 2 3
They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
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Titus 1:7
As an overseer of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,
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2 Corinthians 2 17
For we do not market the word of God for profit like so many. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.
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Jeremiah 8:10
Therefore, I will give their wives to other men, their fields to new occupants, for from the least to the greatest, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
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Proverbs 28:23
One who rebukes a person will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
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Romans 9:1
I speak the truth in Christ— I am not lying; my conscience testifies to me through the Holy Spirit—
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1 Timothy 3 3
not an excessive drinker, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy.
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Proverbs 20:19
The one who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid someone with a big mouth.
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1 Timothy 3 8
Deacons, likewise, should be worthy of respect, not hypocritical, not drinking a lot of wine, not greedy for money,
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Isaiah 30:10
They say to the seers,“ Do not see,” and to the prophets,“ Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.
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2 Corinthians 4 2
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful things, not acting deceitfully or distorting the word of God, but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by an open display of the truth.
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Romans 16:18
because such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.
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Job 17:5
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
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Malachi 1:10
“ I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of Armies,“ and I will accept no offering from your hands.
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Matthew 22:16
So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians.“ Teacher,” they said,“ we know that you are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You don’t care what anyone thinks nor do you show partiality.
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Micah 3:5
This is what the LORD says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who proclaim peace when they have food to sink their teeth into but declare war against the one who puts nothing in their mouths.
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Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
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Jeremiah 6:13
For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
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Isaiah 56:11
These dogs have fierce appetites; they never have enough. And they are shepherds who have no discernment; all of them turn to their own way, every last one for his own profit.
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Psalms 12:2-3
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks boastfully.
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Matthew 23:13
“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.
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Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, have plunged into Balaam’s error for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
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Job 32:21-22
I will be partial to no one, and I will not give anyone an undeserved title.For I do not know how to give such titles; otherwise, my Maker would remove me in an instant.