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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.
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
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.
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,
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.
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:
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.
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?
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;
Keywords: HONESTY,MONEY
Description: Genesis 43:12
NET Translation: Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks—perhaps it was an oversight.
DARBY Translation: And take other money in your hand, and the money that was returned to you in the mouth of your sacksD363, carry back in your hand: perhaps it is an oversight.
KJV Translation: And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry [it] again in your hand; peradventure it [was] an oversight:
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;
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.
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.
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.
Keywords: HONESTY,INJUSTICE,INTEGRITY
Description: Deuteronomy 16:20
NET Translation: You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.
DARBY Translation: PerfectD1284 justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
KJV Translation: That which is altogether justK826shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEGRITY
Description: 2 Kings 12:15
NET Translation: They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.
DARBY Translation: And they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they gave the money to be bestowed on workmen; for they dealt faithfully.
KJV Translation: Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
Keywords: HILKIAH,HONESTY,PRIEST,TREASURE-HOUSES
Description: 2 Kings 22:4
NET Translation: “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord’s temple and has been collected by the guards at the door.
DARBY Translation: Go up to Hilkijah the high priest, that he may sum up the money which is brought into the house of Jehovah, which the doorkeepers have gathered of the people,
KJV Translation: Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the doorK2159have gathered of the people:
Keywords: REVERENCE
Description: 2 Chronicles 19:9
NET Translation: He commanded them: “Carry out your duties with respect for the Lord, with HONESTY, and with pure motives.
DARBY Translation: And he charged them saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of Jehovah faithfully and with a perfect heart.
KJV Translation: And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
Keywords: HANAN,HONESTY,MATTANIAH,PEDAIAH,PRIEST,SCRIBE (S),SHELEMIAH,TREASURE-HOUSES,ZADOK
Description: Nehemiah 13:13
NET Translation: I gave instructions that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues.
DARBY Translation: And I made storekeepers over the storehouses: Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and subordinate to them, Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were esteemed faithful, and their office was to distribute to their brethren.
KJV Translation: And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to themK2951[was] Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their officeK2952[was] to distribute unto their brethren.
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].
Keywords: CONSCIENCE,HONESTY
Description: Job 27:6
NET Translation: I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.
DARBY Translation: My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.
KJV Translation: My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I liveK3264.
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEGRITY
Description: Psalms 7:3
NET Translation: O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,
DARBY Translation: Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;
KJV Translation: O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Keywords: EVIL FOR GOOD,HONESTY
Description: Psalms 7:4
NET Translation: or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,
DARBY Translation: If I have rewarded evil to him thatD3202 was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)
KJV Translation: If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEREST,MONEY,USURY
Description: Psalms 15:5
NET Translation: He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be shaken.
DARBY Translation: [He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh rewardD3262 against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.
KJV Translation: [He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.
Keywords: DECEIT,GOD,HEART,HONESTY,VANITY
Description: Psalms 24:4
NET Translation: The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.
DARBY Translation: He that hath blamelessD3325 hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully:
KJV Translation: He that hath clean handsK3553, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
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.
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.
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].
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
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.
Keywords: DECISION,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,WATCHFULNESS
Description: Proverbs 4:25
NET Translation: Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.
DARBY Translation: Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
KJV Translation: Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
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
Keywords: ABOMINATION,FALSEHOOD,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,TRUTH
Description: Proverbs 12:22
NET Translation: The Lord abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.
DARBY Translation: Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.
KJV Translation: Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
Keywords: BALANCES,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: Proverbs 16:11
NET Translation: Honest scales and balances are from the Lord; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.
DARBY Translation: The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
KJV Translation: A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weightsK4226of the bag [are] his work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Keywords: BLESSING,BRIBERY,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,OPPRESSION,RIGHTEOUS,RIGHTEOUSNESS,TEMPTATION
Description: Isaiah 33:15
NET Translation: The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others—
DARBY Translation: He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shuttethD4891 his eyes from seeing evil:
KJV Translation: He that walketh righteouslyK4816, and speaketh uprightlyK4817; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Keywords: BLESSING,BRIBERY,FORT,GOD,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,OPPRESSION,RIGHTEOUS,TEMPTATION
Description: Isaiah 33:16
NET Translation: this is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.
DARBY Translation: he shall dwell on high, the fortresses of the rocks shall be his high retreat; bread shall be given him, his water shall be sure.
KJV Translation: He shall dwell on highK4820: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure.
Keywords: JUSTICE,RULERS,TRUTH
Description: Isaiah 59:14
NET Translation: Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, HONESTY stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.
DARBY Translation: And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
KJV Translation: And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Keywords: JUSTICE,PERSECUTION,RULERS,TRUTH
Description: Isaiah 59:15
NET Translation: HONESTY has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The Lord watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.
DARBY Translation: And truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw [it], and it was evil in his sight that there was no judgment.
KJV Translation: Yea, truth faileth; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself a preyK5002: and the LORD saw [it], and it displeased himK5003that [there was] no judgment.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Keywords: BATH,HONESTY,MEASURE
Description: Ezekiel 45:10
NET Translation: You must use just balances, a just dry measure (an ephah), and a just liquid measure (a bath).
DARBY Translation: Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
KJV Translation: Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
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
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.
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
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.
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?
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?
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?
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
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.
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.
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.
Keywords: DUTY,GOLDEN RULE,HONESTY,LOVE,NEIGHBOR
Description: Matthew 7:12
NET Translation: In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
DARBY Translation: Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do *ye* also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
KJV Translation: “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”
Verse Intro: Kingdom Standard - The Narrow Gate
Keywords: ADULTERY,CHILDREN,HOMICIDE,HONESTY,MOTHER,OBEDIENCE,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
Description: Mark 10:19
NET Translation: You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”
DARBY Translation: Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.
KJV Translation: “Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.”
Keywords: BAPTISM,HONESTY,PUBLICANS
Description: Luke 3:12
NET Translation: Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
DARBY Translation: And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?
KJV Translation: Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEGRITY,TAX
Description: Luke 3:13
NET Translation: He told them, “Collect no more than you are required to.”
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, Take no more [money] than what is appointed to you.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
Keywords: GOLDEN RULE,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,LOVE
Description: Luke 6:31
NET Translation: Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.
DARBY Translation: And as ye wish that men should do to you, do *ye* also to them in like manner.
KJV Translation: “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.”
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
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.
Keywords: CONSCIENCE,HOLINESS,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,OBEDIENCE,SINLESSNESS
Description: Acts 24:16
NET Translation: This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.
DARBY Translation: For this cause I also exercise [myself] to have in everything a conscience without offence towards God and men.
KJV Translation: And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and [toward] men.
Keywords: HONESTY,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,RIGHTEOUS,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: 2 Corinthians 4:1
NET Translation: Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.
DARBY Translation: Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.
KJV Translation: Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Verse Intro: The Apostle's Ministry is in the Power of the Spirit
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.
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEGRITY,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: 2 Corinthians 7:2
NET Translation: Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.
DARBY Translation: Receive us: we have injured no one, we have ruinedD8454 no one, we have made gain of no one.
KJV Translation: Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEGRITY
Description: 2 Corinthians 8:21
NET Translation: For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men.
DARBY Translation: for we provideD8473 for things honest, not only before [the] Lord, but also before men.
KJV Translation: Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,HOLINESS,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,PURITY,RIGHTEOUS,TRUTH,VIRTUE
Description: Philippians 4:8
NET Translation: Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.
DARBY Translation: For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things [are] true, whatsoever things [are] nobleD8719, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] amiableD8720, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue and if any praise, think on these things.
KJV Translation: Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honestK7056, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.
Keywords: HEART,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,REVERENCE,SERVANT
Description: Colossians 3:22
NET Translation: Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching—like those who are strictly people-pleasers—but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.
KJV Translation: Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Verse Intro: Living Examples - Servants and Masters
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.
Keywords: EVIL,HONESTY,INDUSTRY,LABOR
Description: 1 Thessalonians 4:11
NET Translation: to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.
DARBY Translation: and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] hands, even as we charged you,
KJV Translation: And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Keywords: EVIL,HONESTY,INDUSTRY,JESUS THE CHRIST,LABOR
Description: 1 Thessalonians 4:12
NET Translation: In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.
DARBY Translation: that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no oneD8806.
KJV Translation: That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothingK7089.
Keywords: CITIZENS,COMMANDMENTS,INTERCESSION,KING,NATION,PEACE,RULERS
Description: 1 Timothy 2:2
NET Translation: even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
DARBY Translation: for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;
KJV Translation: For kings, and [for] all that are in authorityK7106; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and HONESTY.
Keywords: CONSCIENCE,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,INTERCESSION,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Hebrews 13:18
NET Translation: Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.
DARBY Translation: Pray for us: for we persuade ourselves that we have a good conscience, in all things desirous to walk rightly.
KJV Translation: Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
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.
Keywords: GLORIFYING GOD,HOLINESS,HONESTY,INFLUENCE,INTEGRITY,SLANDER,SPEAKING,WORKS
Description: 1 Peter 2:12
NET Translation: and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.
DARBY Translation: having your conversationD9246 honest among the Gentiles, that [as to that] in whichD9247 they speak against you as evildoers, they may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them], glorify God in [the] day of visitation.
KJV Translation: Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereasK7261they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.