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Judges 17:10
Micah replied,“ Stay with me and be my father and priest, and I will give you four ounces of silver a year, along with your clothing and provisions.” So the Levite went in
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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 gain.
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1 Timothy 3 3
not addicted to wine, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy—
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John 10:12-13
The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.
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Ezekiel 13:19
You profane Me in front of My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread; you kill those who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to My people, who listen to lies.
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Acts 20:33
I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
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2 Peter 2 3
They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
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Titus 1:11
It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.
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Judges 17:12
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.
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Acts 8:18-21
When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,saying,“ Give me this power too, so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”But Peter told him,“ May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.
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Hosea 4:8-9
They feed on the sin of My people; they have an appetite for their transgressions.The same judgment will happen to both people and priests. I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
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Malachi 1:10
“ I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so you would no longer kindle a useless fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Hosts,“ and I will accept no offering from your hands.
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2 Peter 2 14-2 Peter 2 15
They have eyes full of adultery and are always 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 unrighteousness
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Proverbs 28:21
It is not good to show partiality— yet a man may sin for a piece of bread.