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Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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Exodus 23:8
And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Proverbs 11:29
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
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Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
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2 Kings 5 27
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
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Exodus 18:21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
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Joshua 6:18
But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the devoted thing; so would ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
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Isaiah 5:8-10
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!In mine ears saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.
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Joshua 7:11-12
Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff.Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.
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Habakkuk 2:9-11
Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
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Isaiah 33:15-16
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
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Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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Deuteronomy 7:26
And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
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Proverbs 11:19
He that is stedfast in righteousness shall attain unto life; And he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.
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1 Samuel 8 3-1 Samuel 8 5
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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Joshua 7:24-25
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor.And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
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Zechariah 5:3-4
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it.I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
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Proverbs 29:4
The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.
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Proverbs 28:16
The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
