Dishonesty In Bible
Bible verses including the word or topic of Dishonesty.
Biblical Verses related to Dishonesty.
Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
Proverbs 13:11
Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, But the one who gathers by labor increases it.
Proverbs 20:23
Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false scale is not good.
Luke 16:10
“He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.
Deuteronomy 25:13
“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.
Genesis 21:25
But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, But those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Hosea 12:7
A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, He loves to oppress.
Leviticus 19:35
‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity.
Micah 6:11
“Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
1 Timothy 3:8
Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain,
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
Titus 1:11
who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of sordid gain.
Revelation 22:11
“Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy.”
1 Peter 5:2
shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;
Jeremiah 22:17
“But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and extortion.”
Romans 1:29
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
Luke 16:9
“And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings.
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.
1 Samuel 8:3
His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.
Titus 1:7
For the overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends.
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