Bible Cross References
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Proverbs 15:27
Try to make a profit dishonestly, and you get your family in trouble. Don't take bribes and you will live longer.
Proverbs 23:3
Don't be greedy for the fine food he serves; he may be trying to trick you.
Proverbs 23:4
Be wise enough not to wear yourself out trying to get rich.
2 Samuel 18:11-13
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Joab answered, "If you saw him, why didn't you kill him on the spot? I myself would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt."
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But the man answered, "Even if you gave me a thousand pieces of silver, I wouldn't lift a finger against the king's son. We all heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, 'For my sake don't harm the young man Absalom.'
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But if I had disobeyed the king and killed Absalom, the king would have heard about it---he hears about everything---and you would not have defended me."
2 Kings 5:20-27
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when Elisha's servant Gehazi said to himself, "My master has let Naaman get away without paying a thing! He should have accepted what that Syrian offered him. By the living LORD I will run after him and get something from him."
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So he set off after Naaman. When Naaman saw a man running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him, and asked, "Is something wrong?"
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"No," Gehazi answered. "But my master sent me to tell you that just now two members of the group of prophets in the hill country of Ephraim arrived, and he would like you to give them three thousand pieces of silver and two changes of fine clothes."
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"Please take six thousand pieces of silver," Naaman replied. He insisted on it, tied up the silver in two bags, gave them and two changes of fine clothes to two of his servants, and sent them on ahead of Gehazi.
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When they reached the hill where Elisha lived, Gehazi took the two bags and carried them into the house. Then he sent Naaman's servants back.
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He went back into the house, and Elisha asked him, "Where have you been?" "Oh, nowhere, sir," he answered.
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But Elisha said, "Wasn't I there in spirit when the man got out of his chariot to meet you? This is no time to accept money and clothes, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and cattle, or servants!
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And now Naaman's disease will come upon you, and you and your descendants will have it forever!" When Gehazi left, he had the disease---his skin was as white as snow.
Jeremiah 22:17-19
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But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The LORD has spoken.
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So then, the LORD says about Josiah's son Jehoiakim, king of Judah, "No one will mourn his death or say, 'How terrible, my friend, how terrible!' No one will weep for him or cry, 'My lord! My king!'
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With the funeral honors of a donkey, he will be dragged away and thrown outside Jerusalem's gates."
Micah 2:1-3
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How terrible it will be for those who lie awake and plan evil! When morning comes, as soon as they have the chance, they do the evil they planned.
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When they want fields, they seize them; when they want houses, they take them. No one's family or property is safe.
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And so the LORD says, "I am planning to bring disaster on you, and you will not be able to escape it. You are going to find yourselves in trouble, and then you will not walk so proudly any more.
Micah 3:10-12
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You are building God's city, Jerusalem, on a foundation of murder and injustice.
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The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money---and they all claim that the LORD is with them. "No harm will come to us," they say. "The LORD is with us."
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And so, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.
Habakkuk 2:9
You are doomed! You have made your family rich with what you took by violence, and have tried to make your own home safe from harm and danger!
Acts 8:19
and said, "Give this power to me too, so that anyone I place my hands on will receive the Holy Spirit."
Acts 8:20
But Peter answered him, "May you and your money go to hell, for thinking that you can buy God's gift with money!
1 Timothy 3:3
he must not be a drunkard or a violent man, but gentle and peaceful; he must not love money;
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and are caught in the trap of many foolish and harmful desires, which pull them down to ruin and destruction.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil. Some have been so eager to have it that they have wandered away from the faith and have broken their hearts with many sorrows.
James 5:1-4
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And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!
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Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.
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Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you and will eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days.
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You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.
2 Peter 2:3
In their greed these false teachers will make a profit out of telling you made-up stories. For a long time now their Judge has been ready, and their Destroyer has been wide awake!
2 Peter 2:14-16
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They want to look for nothing but the chance to commit adultery; their appetite for sin is never satisfied. They lead weak people into a trap. Their hearts are trained to be greedy. They are under God's curse!
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They have left the straight path and have lost their way; they have followed the path taken by Balaam son of Beor, who loved the money he would get for doing wrong
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and was rebuked for his sin. His donkey spoke with a human voice and stopped the prophet's insane action.
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Job 31:39
if I have eaten the food that grew there but let the farmers that grew it starve---
Ecclesiastes 5:13
Here is a terrible thing that I have seen in this world: people save up their money for a time when they may need it,