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Fraud

 

“You shall not steal. “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

  • Exodus 20:15-17

 

“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked. “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Exodus 23:6-8

 

“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another. “‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. “‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

  • Leviticus 19:11-13

 

“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  • Leviticus 19:35-36

 

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Deuteronomy 16:19-20

 

You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light. You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small. You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you. For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.

  • Deuteronomy 25:13-16

 

‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

  • Deuteronomy 27:25

 

For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

  • Job 15:34

 

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

  • Psalm 15:5

 

There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

  • Proverbs 6:16-19

 

A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight.

  • Proverbs 11:1

 

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

  • Proverbs 15:27

 

Honest balances and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

  • Proverbs 16:11

 

A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Proverbs 17:23

 

Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Proverbs 20:10

 

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

  • Proverbs 20:17

 

The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

  • Proverbs 20:23

 

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Proverbs 22:16

 

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

  • Proverbs 28:8

 

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

  • Proverbs 29:4

 

Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

  • Isaiah 1:23

 

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink; who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

  • Isaiah 5:20-23

 

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.

  • Amos 5:11-12

 

Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit; that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’” The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works.

  • Amos 8:4-7

 

Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on the LORD, and say, “Isn’t the LORD among us? No disaster will come on us.”

  • Micah 3:11

 

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed? Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights? Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

  • Micah 6:10-12

 

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?” He said to them, “Collect no more than that which is appointed to you.” Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

  • Luke 3:12-14

 

Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.” Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

  • Luke 19:8-10

 

Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? No, but you yourselves do wrong and defraud, and that against your brothers. Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:7-10

 

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

  • Ephesians 4:28