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1: Genesis 21:25


Keywords: ABRAHAM,BEER-SHEBA,CONTRACTS,DISHONESTY,PROPERTY,SERVANT,STRIFE,WELLS,WITNESS


Description: Genesis 21:25


NET Translation: But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.


DARBY Translation: And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.


KJV Translation: And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.


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2: Genesis 25:29


Keywords: BIRTHRIGHT,DISHONESTY,ESAU,FIRSTBORN,JACOB


Description: Genesis 25:29


NET Translation: Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished.


DARBY Translation: And Jacob had cooked a dish; and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.


KJV Translation: And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:


Verse Intro: Esau Sells His Birthright


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3: Genesis 26:15


Keywords: CONTRACTS,DISHONESTY,ISAAC,PATIENCE,WELLS


Description: Genesis 26:15


NET Translation: So the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham.


DARBY Translation: And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earthD218.


KJV Translation: For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.


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4: Genesis 27:6


Keywords: CHILDREN,COVETOUSNESS,CRAFTINESS,DECEPTION,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,FAVORITISM,PARENTS,TEMPTATION


Description: Genesis 27:6


NET Translation: Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau,


DARBY Translation: And Rebecca spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak to Esau thy brother, saying,


KJV Translation: And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,


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5: Genesis 29:21


Keywords: DISHONESTY,FATHER-IN-LAW


Description: Genesis 29:21


NET Translation: Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. And I want to sleep with her.”


DARBY Translation: And Jacob said to Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.


KJV Translation: And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.


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6: Genesis 30:31


Keywords: CONTRACTS,CRAFTINESS,DISHONESTY,SERVANT


Description: Genesis 30:31


NET Translation: So Laban asked, “What should I give you?” “You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied, “but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:


DARBY Translation: And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me anything. If thou doest this for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:


KJV Translation: And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:


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7: Genesis 31:19


Keywords: DISHONESTY,POLYTHEISM,SHEEP,TERAPHIM,THEFT AND THIEVES,WOMEN


Description: Genesis 31:19


NET Translation: While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.


DARBY Translation: And Laban had gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphimD266 that [belonged] to her father.


KJV Translation: And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the imagesK197that [were] her father's.


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8: Genesis 31:36


Keywords: DISHONESTY,STRIFE


Description: Genesis 31:36


NET Translation: Jacob became angry and argued with Laban. “What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban. “What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?


DARBY Translation: And Jacob was angry, and he disputed with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my fault, what my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?


KJV Translation: And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?


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9: Genesis 34:15


Keywords: DISHONESTY


Description: Genesis 34:15


NET Translation: We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.


DARBY Translation: But only in this will we consent to you, if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised;


KJV Translation: But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every male of you be circumcised;


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10: Leviticus 6:2


Keywords: CONTRACTS,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,NEIGHBOR,OATH,PERJURY,RESTITUTION,THEFT AND THIEVES,TRUSTEE


Description: Leviticus 6:2


NET Translation: “When a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,


DARBY Translation: If any one sin and act unfaithfully against Jehovah, and lie to his neighbour as to an entrusted thing or a deposit or [that in which] he hath robbed or wrongedD754 his neighbour,


KJV Translation: If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowshipK519, or in a thing taken away by violenceK520, or hath deceived his neighbour;


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11: Leviticus 19:13


Keywords: DISHONESTY,EMPLOYEE,EMPLOYER,JUSTICE,LABOR,MASTER,NEIGHBOR,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,ROBBERY,SERVANT,THEFT AND THIEVES,WAGES


Description: Leviticus 19:13


NET Translation: You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against your neighbor. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.


DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, neither rob him. The wages of the hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.


KJV Translation: Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob [him]: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.


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12: Leviticus 19:35


Keywords: DISHONESTY,HONESTY,INJUSTICE,MEASURE,WEIGHTS


Description: Leviticus 19:35


NET Translation: You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.


DARBY Translation: Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity:


KJV Translation: Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.


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13: Leviticus 19:36


Keywords: BALANCES,COMMERCE,DISHONESTY,HIN,HONESTY,INJUSTICE,MEASURE,OBEDIENCE,STONES,WEIGHTS


Description: Leviticus 19:36


NET Translation: You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.


DARBY Translation: just balances, just weightsD868, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.


KJV Translation: Just balances, just weightsK565, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.


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14: Deuteronomy 25:13


Keywords: ABOMINATION,DISHONESTY,HONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS


Description: Deuteronomy 25:13


NET Translation: You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.


DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weightsD1335, a great and a small.


KJV Translation: Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weightsK874, a great and a small.


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15: Joshua 7:11


Keywords: DISHONESTY,NATION,THEFT AND THIEVES


Description: Joshua 7:11


NET Translation: Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.


DARBY Translation: Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them, and they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it among their stuff.


KJV Translation: Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put [it] even among their own stuff.


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16: Judges 17:2


Keywords: CONSCIENCE,CONSCIENCE MONEY,DISHONESTY,MONEY,SHEKEL,THEFT AND THIEVES,VOWS


Description: Judges 17:2


NET Translation: He said to his mother, “You know the 1,100 pieces of silver which were stolen from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you.” His mother said, “May the Lord reward you, my son!”


DARBY Translation: And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred silver-pieces that were taken from thee, and about which thou didst curse and speak of in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah!


KJV Translation: And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred [shekels] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed [be thou] of the LORD, my son.


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17: Judges 18:14


Keywords: DISHONESTY,EPHOD,TERAPHIM,THEFT AND THIEVES


Description: Judges 18:14


NET Translation: The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen, “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”


DARBY Translation: Then the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Laish spoke and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? And now ye know what to do.


KJV Translation: Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.


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18: 2 Samuel 14:2


Keywords: ANOINTING,DISHONESTY,MOURNING,TEKOAH


Description: 2 Samuel 14:2


NET Translation: So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time.


DARBY Translation: And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, I pray, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead;


KJV Translation: And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:


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19: 1 Kings 21:2


Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,DISHONESTY,MONEY


Description: 1 Kings 21:2


NET Translation: Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, I will pay you silver for it.”


DARBY Translation: And Ahab spoke to Naboth saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, for it is near, by the side of my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; if it seem good to thee, I will give thee its value in money.


KJV Translation: And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it [is] near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; [or], if it seem good to theeK1971, I will give thee the worth of it in money.


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20: Job 24:2


Keywords: DISHONESTY,WICKED (PEOPLE)


Description: Job 24:2


NET Translation: Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.


DARBY Translation: They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;


KJV Translation: [Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof].


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21: Psalms 37:21


Keywords: BORROWING,CHARACTER,DISHONESTY,POOR


Description: Psalms 37:21


NET Translation: Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.


DARBY Translation: The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is gracious and giveth:


KJV Translation: The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.


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22: Psalms 50:18


Keywords: COMPANY,COMPLICITY,DISHONESTY,FELLOWSHIP,THEFT AND THIEVES


Description: Psalms 50:18


NET Translation: When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.


DARBY Translation: When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;


KJV Translation: When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterersK3698.


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23: Psalms 62:10


Keywords: DISHONESTY,OPPRESSION,THEFT AND THIEVES


Description: Psalms 62:10


NET Translation: Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression. Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery. If wealth increases, do not become attached to it.


DARBY Translation: Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.


KJV Translation: Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].


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24: Proverbs 3:27


Keywords: BENEFICENCE,DISHONESTY


Description: Proverbs 3:27


NET Translation: Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.


DARBY Translation: Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.


KJV Translation: Withhold not good from them to whom it is dueK4136, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].


Verse Intro: Demonstrate Wisdom in Dealing with Others


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25: Proverbs 3:28


Keywords: BENEFICENCE,DISHONESTY,NEIGHBOR


Description: Proverbs 3:28


NET Translation: Do not say to your neighbor, “Go! Return tomorrow and I will give it,” when you have it with you at the time.


DARBY Translation: Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.


KJV Translation: Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.


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26: Proverbs 11:1


Keywords: ABOMINATION,BALANCES,DISHONESTY,HONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS


Description: Proverbs 11:1


NET Translation: The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.


DARBY Translation: A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a justD4249 weight is his delight.


KJV Translation: A false balanceK4185[is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weightK4186[is] his delight.


Verse Intro: Proverbs of Solomon 33-63


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27: Proverbs 20:10


Keywords: ABOMINATION,DISHONESTY,HONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS


Description: Proverbs 20:10


NET Translation: Diverse weights and diverse measures—the Lord abhors both of them.


DARBY Translation: Divers weights, divers measuresD4357, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.


KJV Translation: Divers weightsK4261, [and] divers measuresK4262, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.


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28: Proverbs 20:14


Keywords: BOASTING,DISHONESTY,HYPOCRISY


Description: Proverbs 20:14


NET Translation: “It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.


DARBY Translation: Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.


KJV Translation: [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.


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29: Proverbs 20:17


Keywords: DECEIT,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,GRAVEL


Description: Proverbs 20:17


NET Translation: Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.


DARBY Translation: Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.


KJV Translation: Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.


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30: Proverbs 20:23


Keywords: ABOMINATION,BALANCES,DISHONESTY,HONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS


Description: Proverbs 20:23


NET Translation: The Lord abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.


DARBY Translation: Divers weightsD4362 are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.


KJV Translation: Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balanceK4266[is] not good.


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31: Isaiah 32:7


Keywords: DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,POOR,SPEAKING,WICKED (PEOPLE)


Description: Isaiah 32:7


NET Translation: A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.


DARBY Translation: The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.


KJV Translation: The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh rightK4806.


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32: Jeremiah 7:8


Keywords: CONFIDENCE,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,HYPOCRISY,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,OATH,VANITY


Description: Jeremiah 7:8


NET Translation: “‘But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.


DARBY Translation: Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit.


KJV Translation: Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.


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33: Jeremiah 9:4


Keywords: DISHONESTY,HYPOCRISY,SLANDER


Description: Jeremiah 9:4


NET Translation: Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all his friends will tell lies about him.


DARBY Translation: Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.


KJV Translation: Take ye heed every one of his neighbourK5107, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.


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34: Jeremiah 9:8


Keywords: DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,HYPOCRISY,TREACHERY


Description: Jeremiah 9:8


NET Translation: Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths, but their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.


DARBY Translation: Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaketh deceit. [A man] speaketh peaceably to his neighbourD5235 with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth his ambush.


KJV Translation: Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heartK5109he layeth his waitK5110.


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35: Jeremiah 22:13


Keywords: DISHONESTY,EMPLOYER,JEHOIAKIM,LABOR,MASTER,NEIGHBOR,THE RICH,SERVANT,WAGES


Description: Jeremiah 22:13


NET Translation: “‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.


DARBY Translation: Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his upper chambers by injustice; that taketh his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not his earning;


KJV Translation: Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;


Verse Intro: Judgment on Jehoiakim


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36: Ezekiel 22:29


Keywords: ALIENS,DISHONESTY,OPPRESSION,POOR,STRANGERS,THEFT AND THIEVES


Description: Ezekiel 22:29


NET Translation: The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.


DARBY Translation: The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.


KJV Translation: The people of the land have used oppressionK5626, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfullyK5627.


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37: Hosea 4:1


Keywords: CHURCH,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,JOTHAM,ADULTERY,BLINDNESS,CHARACTER,CRIME,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,HOMICIDE,MERCY,REASONING,SIN,THEFT AND THIEVES,TRUTH


Description: Hosea 4:1


NET Translation: Listen to the Lord’s message, you Israelites! For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God.


DARBY Translation: Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodnessD6137, nor knowledge of God in the land.


KJV Translation: Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.


Verse Intro: The Lord Has a Case Against Israel


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38: Hosea 4:2


Keywords: ADULTERY,CRIME,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,THEFT AND THIEVES


Description: Hosea 4:2


NET Translation: There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.


DARBY Translation: Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out; and blood toucheth blood.


KJV Translation: By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and bloodK6060toucheth blood.


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39: Hosea 12:7


Keywords: BALANCES,COMMERCE,DISHONESTY,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,MEASURE,MERCHANT


Description: Hosea 12:7


NET Translation: The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.


DARBY Translation: [He is] a merchantD6202, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppressD6203.


KJV Translation: [He is] a merchantK6120, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppressK6121.


Verse Intro: Israel Guilty Despite Claims of Innocence


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40: Amos 3:10


Keywords: DISHONESTY,RULERS


Description: Amos 3:10


NET Translation: “They do not know how to do what is right,” the Lord says. “They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.


DARBY Translation: and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.


KJV Translation: For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robberyK6184in their palaces.


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41: Amos 8:5


Keywords: BALANCES,DISHONESTY,MEASURE,MONEY,MOON,NEW MOON,SABBATH,SHEKEL


Description: Amos 8:5


NET Translation: You say, “When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We’re eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!


DARBY Translation: saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:


KJV Translation: Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forthK6223wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?


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42: Micah 6:10


Keywords: DISHONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS


Description: Micah 6:10


NET Translation: “I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.


DARBY Translation: Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measureD6376 [which is] abominable?


KJV Translation: Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wickedK6317, and the scant measure [that is] abominable?


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43: Micah 6:11


Keywords: BALANCES,CHARACTER,DISHONESTY,PURITY,WEIGHTS


Description: Micah 6:11


NET Translation: I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.


DARBY Translation: Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?


KJV Translation: Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?


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44: Nahum 3:1


Keywords: ASSYRIA,NAHUM,NINEVEH,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,THEFT AND THIEVES


Description: Nahum 3:1


NET Translation: Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!


DARBY Translation: Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies [and] violence; the prey departeth not.


KJV Translation: Woe to the bloody city! it [is] all full of lies [and] robbery; the prey departeth not;


Verse Intro: The Judgment of Nineveh a Result of Its Sins


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45: Zephaniah 1:9


Keywords: DISHONESTY,SERVANT


Description: Zephaniah 1:9


NET Translation: On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit.


DARBY Translation: And in that day will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, who fill their master's houseD6460 with violence and deceit.


KJV Translation: In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.


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46: Zechariah 5:3


Keywords: BLASPHEMY,DISHONESTY,FALSE TEACHERS,PUNISHMENT,THEFT AND THIEVES


Description: Zechariah 5:3


NET Translation: The speaker went on to say, “This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”


DARBY Translation: And he said unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole landD6520: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off according to it on this side; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off according to it on that side.


KJV Translation: Then said he unto me, This [is] the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off [as] on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off [as] on that side according to it.


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47: Zechariah 5:4


Keywords: BLASPHEMY,DISHONESTY,FALSE TEACHERS,PERJURY,PUNISHMENT


Description: Zechariah 5:4


NET Translation: “I will send it out,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”


DARBY Translation: I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall lodge in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.


KJV Translation: I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.


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48: Luke 16:1


Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,REPROOF,COVETOUSNESS,DISHONESTY,EMBEZZLEMENT,MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE,PROBATION,SERVANT,STEWARD,WORLDLINESS


Description: Luke 16:1


NET Translation: Jesus also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.


DARBY Translation: And he said also to [his] disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and *he* was accused to him as wasting his goods.


KJV Translation: And he said also unto his disciples, “There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.”


Verse Intro: Parable of the Clever House Steward


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49: John 12:6


Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,DISHONESTY,HYPOCRISY,JUDAS (JUDE),POOR,THEFT AND THIEVES


Description: John 12:6


NET Translation: (Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)


DARBY Translation: But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into [it].


KJV Translation: This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.


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50: 2 Corinthians 4:2


Keywords: CONSCIENCE,DECEIT,HONESTY,HYPOCRISY,INTEGRITY,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,RIGHTEOUS,TRUTH,WORD OF GOD,RELIGIOUS ZEAL


Description: 2 Corinthians 4:2


NET Translation: But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.


DARBY Translation: But we have rejected the hidden things of shameD8408, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.


KJV Translation: But have renounced the hidden things of DISHONESTYK6962, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.


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51: 1 Thessalonians 4:6


Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,DISHONESTY


Description: 1 Thessalonians 4:6


NET Translation: In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.


DARBY Translation: not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matterD8803, because the Lord [is] the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.


KJV Translation: That no [man] go beyond and defraudK7086his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.


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52: James 5:4


Keywords: DISHONESTY,EMPLOYEE,EMPLOYER,LABOR,MASTER,OPPRESSION,POOR,SERVANT,WAGES


Description: James 5:4


NET Translation: Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.


DARBY Translation: Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of [the] Lord of sabaothD9210.


KJV Translation: Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.


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