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John 13:29
Since Judas kept the money-bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him,“ Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.
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James 2:6
Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
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Matthew 21:13
And He said to them,“ It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you are making it a den of thieves!”
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Psalms 50:16-20
But God says to the wicked:“ What right do you have to recite My statutes and to take My covenant on your lips?You hate instruction and turn your back on My words.When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers.You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother’s son.
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2 Kings 5 20-2 Kings 5 27
Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought: My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked,“ Is everything all right?”Gehazi said,“ It’s all right. My master has sent me to say,‘ I have just now discovered that two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them 75 pounds of silver and two changes of clothes.’”But Naaman insisted,“ Please, accept 150 pounds.” He urged Gehazi and then packed 150 pounds of silver in two bags with two changes of clothes. Naaman gave them to two of his young men who carried them ahead of Gehazi.When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from them and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they left.Gehazi came and stood by his master.“ Where did you go, Gehazi?” Elisha asked him.“ Your servant didn’t go anywhere,” he replied.But Elisha questioned him,“ Wasn’t my spirit there when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to accept money and clothes, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?Therefore, Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants forever.” So Gehazi went out from his presence diseased— white as snow.
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James 2:2
For example, a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and a poor man dressed in dirty clothes also comes in.
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Proverbs 29:7
The righteous person knows the rights of the poor, but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.
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2 Kings 12 14-2 Kings 12 15
Instead, it was given to those doing the work, and they repaired the Lord’s temple with it.No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay those doing the work, since they worked with integrity.
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John 10:13
This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.
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Galatians 2:10
They asked only that we would remember the poor, which I made every effort to do.
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Ezra 8:24-34
I selected 12 of the leading priests, along with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and 10 of their brothers.I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the articles— the contribution for the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites who were present had offered.I weighed out to them 24 tons of silver, silver articles weighing 7,500 pounds, 7,500 pounds of gold,20 gold bowls worth 1,000 gold coins, and two articles of fine gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.Then I said to them,“ You are holy to the Lord, and the articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your fathers.Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the Lord’s house before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families in Jerusalem.”So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the articles that had been weighed out, to bring them to the house of our God in Jerusalem.We set out from the Ahava River on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. We were strengthened by our God, and He protected us from the power of the enemy and from ambush along the way.So we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.On the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the articles were weighed out in the house of our God into the care of Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him. The Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui were also with them.Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.
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Ezekiel 33:31
So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest profit.
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1 Corinthians 6 10
no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom.
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1 Thessalonians 5 22
Stay away from every kind of evil.
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Psalms 14:1
The fool says in his heart,“ God does not exist.” They are corrupt; they do vile deeds. There is no one who does good.
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2 Corinthians 8 19-2 Corinthians 8 21
And not only that, but he was also appointed by the churches to accompany us with this gift that is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.We are taking this precaution so no one can criticize us about this large sum administered by us.For we are making provision for what is right, not only before the Lord but also before men.
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John 10:8-10
All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.