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Amos 3:10
“ They do not know how to do what is right,” announces the Lord.“ They store up stolen goods in their forts.”
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Amos 8:5-6
You say,“ When will the New Moon feast be over? Then we can sell our grain. When will the Sabbath day come to an end? Then people can buy our wheat.” But you measure out less than the right amount. You raise your prices. You cheat others by using dishonest scales.You buy poor people to make slaves out of them. You buy those who are in need for a mere pair of sandals. You even sell the worthless parts of your wheat.
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Jeremiah 5:26-27
“ Jeremiah, some of my people are evil. They hide and wait just as people hide to catch birds. They set traps for people.A hunter uses tricks to fill his cage with birds. And my people have filled their houses with a lot of goods. They have become rich and powerful.
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Proverbs 20:10
The Lord hates two things. He hates weights that weigh things heavier or lighter than they really are. He also hates measures that measure things larger or smaller than they really are.
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Proverbs 11:1
The Lord hates it when people use scales to cheat others. But he is delighted when people use honest weights.
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Leviticus 19:35-36
“‘ Be honest when you measure lengths, weights or amounts.Use honest scales and honest weights. Use honest dry measures. And use honest liquid measures. I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt.
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Proverbs 21:6
A fortune made by people who tell lies amounts to nothing and leads to death.
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Deuteronomy 25:13-16
Don’t have two different scales. Don’t have scales that cause things to seem heavier or lighter than they really are.And don’t have two different sets of measures. Don’t have measures that cause things to seem larger or smaller than they really are.You must use weights and measures that are honest and exact. Then you will live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving you.He hates anyone who cheats.
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2 Kings 5 23-2 Kings 5 24
“ I wish you would take twice as much silver,” said Naaman. He begged Gehazi to accept it. Then Naaman tied up 150 pounds of silver in two bags. He also gave Gehazi two sets of clothes. He gave all of it to two of his own servants. They carried it ahead of Gehazi.Gehazi came to the hill where Elisha lived. Then the servants handed the things over to Gehazi. He put them away in Elisha’s house. He sent the men away, and they left.
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Ezekiel 45:9-12
The Lord and King says,“ Princes of Israel, you have gone far enough! Stop hurting others. Do not crush them. Do what is fair and right. Stop taking my people’s land away from them,” announces the Lord and King.“ Use weights and measures that are honest and exact.Use the same standard to measure dry and liquid products. Use a 6- bushel measure for dry products. And use a 60- gallon measure for liquids.Every amount of money must be weighed out in keeping with the standard weights.
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Habakkuk 2:5-11
“ Wine makes the Babylonians do foolish things. They are proud. They never rest. Like the grave, they are always hungry for more. Like death, they are never satisfied. They gather all the nations to themselves. They take all those people away as prisoners.“ Won’t those people laugh at the Babylonians? Won’t they make fun of them? They will say to them,“‘ How terrible it will be for you who pile up stolen goods! You get rich by cheating others. How long will this go on?’Those you owe money to will suddenly rise up. They will wake up and make you tremble with fear. Then they will take away everything you have.You have robbed many nations. So the nations that are left will rob you. You have spilled human blood. You have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.“ How terrible it will be for the Babylonians! They build their kingdom with money that they gained by cheating others. They have tried to make the kingdom as secure as possible. After all, they did not want to be destroyed.They have planned to wipe out many nations. But they have brought shame on their own kingdom. So they must pay with their own lives.The stones in the walls of their homes will cry out. And the wooden beams will echo that cry.
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Zephaniah 1:9
At that time I will punish all those who worship other gods. They fill the temples of their gods with lies and other harmful things.
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Zechariah 5:3-4
He said to me,“ A curse sent by the Lord is written on it. It is going out over the whole land. Every thief will be driven out of the land. That is what it says on one side of the scroll. Everyone who lies when promising to tell the truth will also be driven out. That is what it says on the other side.The Lord who rules over all announces,‘ I will send the curse out. It will enter the house of the thief. It will also enter the house of anyone who lies when making a promise in my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely. It will pull down its beams and stones.’ ”
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Proverbs 20:23
The Lord hates weights that weigh things heavier or lighter than they really are. Scales that are not honest don’t please him.
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Hosea 12:7-8
You are like a trader who uses dishonest scales. You love to cheat others.People of Ephraim, you brag,“ We are very rich. We’ve become wealthy. And no one can prove we sinned to gain all this wealth.”
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James 5:1-4
You rich people, listen to me. Cry and weep, because you will soon be suffering.Your riches have rotted. Moths have eaten your clothes.Your gold and silver have lost their brightness. Their dullness will be a witness against you. Your wanting more and more will eat your body like fire. You have stored up riches in these last days.You have even failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields. Their pay is crying out against you. The cries of those who gathered the harvest have reached the ears of the Lord. He rules over all.
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Proverbs 10:2
Riches that are gained by sinning aren’t worth anything. But doing what is right saves you from death.
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Joshua 7:1
But the Israelites weren’t faithful to the Lord. They didn’t destroy what had been set apart to him. So they did not do what they had been told to do. Achan had taken some of those things. So the Lord became very angry with Israel. Achan was the son of Karmi. Karmi was the son of Zimri. And Zimri was the son of Zerah. Achan and all his relatives were from the tribe of Judah.
