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Proverbs 1:19
Such are the ways of everyone who makes unjust gain; It takes away the life of its possessors.
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Exodus 23:8
“ You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
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Proverbs 11:29
One who troubles his own house will inherit wind, And the foolish will be servant to the wise hearted.
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Jeremiah 17:11
As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid, So is a person who makes a fortune, but unjustly; In the middle of his days it will abandon him, And in the end he will be a fool.”
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Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not distort justice, you shall not show partiality; and you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.
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2 Kings 5 27
Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence afflicted with leprosy, as white as snow.
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Exodus 18:21
Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
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Joshua 6:18
But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things designated for destruction, so that you do not covet them and take some of the designated things, and turn the camp of Israel into something designated for destruction and bring disaster on it.
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Isaiah 5:8-10
Woe to those who attach house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, And you alone are a landowner in the midst of the land!In my ears the Lord of armies has sworn,“ Many houses shall certainly become desolate, Even great and fine ones, without occupants.For ten acres of vineyard will yield only one bath of wine, And a homer of seed will yield only an ephah of grain.”
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Joshua 7:11-12
Israel has sinned, and they have also violated My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things designated for destruction, and have both stolen and kept it a secret. Furthermore, they have also put them among their own things.Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become designated for destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you eliminate from your midst the things designated for destruction.
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Habakkuk 2:9-11
“ Woe to him who makes evil profit for his household, To put his nest on high, To be saved from the hand of catastrophe!You have planned a shameful thing for your house By bringing many peoples to an end; So you are sinning against yourself.For the stone will cry out from the wall, And the rafter will answer it from the framework.
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Isaiah 33:15-16
One who walks righteously and speaks with integrity, One who rejects unjust gain And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; One who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking at evil;He will dwell on the heights, His refuge will be the impregnable rock; His bread will be given him, His water will be sure.
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Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gained in a hurry at the beginning Will not be blessed in the end.
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Deuteronomy 7:26
And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become designated for destruction, like it; you are to utterly detest it, and you are to utterly loathe it, for it is something designated for destruction.
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Proverbs 11:19
One who is steadfast in righteousness attains life, But one who pursues evil attains his own death.
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1 Samuel 8 3-1 Samuel 8 5
His sons, however, did not walk in his ways but turned aside after dishonest gain, and they took bribes and perverted justice.Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah;and they said to him,“ Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
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Joshua 7:24-25
Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that belonged to him; and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.And Joshua said,“ Why have you brought disaster on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you this day.” And all Israel stoned them with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.
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Zechariah 5:3-4
Then he said to me,“ This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the entire land; everyone who steals certainly will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.I will make it go forth,” declares the Lord of armies,“ and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and destroy it with its timber and stones.”
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Proverbs 29:4
The king gives stability to the land by justice, But a person who takes bribes ruins it.
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Proverbs 28:16
A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding, But a person who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
