Bible Cross References
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Genesis 13:10-13
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Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the LORD or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.)
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So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted.
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Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the cities in the valley and camped near Sodom,
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whose people were wicked and sinned against the LORD.
Numbers 22:17-19
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I will reward you richly and do anything you say. Please come and curse these people for me."
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But Balaam answered, "Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not disobey the command of the LORD my God in even the smallest matter.
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But please spend the night, as the others did, so that I may learn whether or not the LORD has something else to tell me."
Joshua 7:11
Israel has sinned! They have broken the agreement with me that I ordered them to keep. They have taken some of the things condemned to destruction. They stole them, lied about it, and put them with their own things.
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.
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 20:21
The more easily you get your wealth, the less good it will do you.
Proverbs 21:6
The riches you get by dishonesty soon disappear, but not before they lead you into the jaws of death.
Proverbs 22:16
If you make gifts to rich people or oppress the poor to get rich, you will become poor yourself.
Proverbs 28:20-22
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Honest people will lead a full, happy life. But if you are in a hurry to get rich, you are going to be punished.
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Prejudice is wrong. But some judges will do wrong to get even the smallest bribe.
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Selfish people are in such a hurry to get rich that they do not know when poverty is about to strike.
Isaiah 5:8
You are doomed! You buy more houses and fields to add to those you already have. Soon there will be no place for anyone else to live, and you alone will live in the land.
Hosea 12:7
The LORD says, "The people of Israel are as dishonest as the Canaanites; they love to cheat their customers with false scales.
Hosea 12:8
'We are rich,' they say. 'We've made a fortune. And no one can accuse us of getting rich dishonestly.'
Amos 8:4-6
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Listen to this, you that trample on the needy and try to destroy the poor of the country.
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You say to yourselves, "We can hardly wait for the holy days to be over so that we can sell our grain. When will the Sabbath end, so that we can start selling again? Then we can overcharge, use false measures, and fix the scales to cheat our customers.
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We can sell worthless wheat at a high price. We'll find someone poor who can't pay his debts, not even the price of a pair of sandals, and we'll buy him as a slave."
Zechariah 11:5
Their owners kill them and go unpunished. They sell the meat and say, 'Praise the LORD! We are rich!' Even their own shepherds have no pity on them."
Matthew 13:22
The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear the message; but the worries about this life and the love for riches choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.
Matthew 19:22
When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was very rich.
Matthew 26:15
and asked, "What will you give me if I betray Jesus to you?" They counted out thirty silver coins and gave them to him.
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 2:15
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
2 Peter 2:16
and was rebuked for his sin. His donkey spoke with a human voice and stopped the prophet's insane action.
Jude 1:11
How terrible for them! They have followed the way that Cain took. For the sake of money they have given themselves over to the error that Balaam committed. They have rebelled as Korah rebelled, and like him they are destroyed.
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1 Timothy 3:7
He should be a man who is respected by the people outside the church, so that he will not be disgraced and fall into the Devil's trap.
Deuteronomy 7:25
Burn their idols. Do not desire the silver or gold that is on them, and do not take it for yourselves. If you do, that will be fatal, because the LORD hates idolatry.
Psalm 11:6
He sends down flaming coals and burning sulfur on the wicked; he punishes them with scorching winds.
Proverbs 1:17-19
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It does no good to spread a net when the bird you want to catch is watching,
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but people like that are setting a trap for themselves, a trap in which they will die.
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Robbery always claims the life of the robber---this is what happens to anyone who lives by violence.
Luke 21:35
like a trap. For it will come upon all people everywhere on earth.
2 Timothy 2:26
And then they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the Devil, who had caught them and made them obey his will.
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Mark 4:19
but the worries about this life, the love for riches, and all other kinds of desires crowd in and choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.
Ephesians 4:22
So get rid of your old self, which made you live as you used to---the old self that was being destroyed by its deceitful desires.
1 John 2:15-17
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Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father.
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Everything that belongs to the world---what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of---none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.
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The world and everything in it that people desire is passing away; but those who do the will of God live forever.
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1 Timothy 1:9
It must be remembered, of course, that laws are made, not for good people, but for lawbreakers and criminals, for the godless and sinful, for those who are not religious or spiritual, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
Numbers 31:8
including the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam son of Beor.
Joshua 7:24-26
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Joshua, along with all the people of Israel, seized Achan, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, together with Achan's sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys, and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned; and they took them to Trouble Valley.
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And Joshua said, "Why have you brought such trouble on us? The LORD will now bring trouble on you!" All the people then stoned Achan to death; they also stoned and burned his family and possessions.
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They put a huge pile of stones over him, which is there to this day. That is why that place is still called Trouble Valley. Then the LORD was no longer furious.
Matthew 27:3-5
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When Judas, the traitor, learned that Jesus had been condemned, he repented and took back the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.
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"I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!" he said. "What do we care about that?" they answered. "That is your business!"
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Judas threw the coins down in the Temple and left; then he went off and hanged himself.
Acts 5:4
Before you sold the property, it belonged to you; and after you sold it, the money was yours. Why, then, did you decide to do such a thing? You have not lied to people---you have lied to God!"
Acts 5:5
As soon as Ananias heard this, he fell down dead; and all who heard about it were terrified.
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!
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!