Question 142

James 2:15–16

^2:15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, ^2:16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

^2:15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. ^2:16 If one of you tells him, "Go in peace; stay warm and well fed," but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

1 John 3:17

^3:17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

^3:17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

Ephesians 4:28

^4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

^4:28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

Psalm 62:10

^62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

^62:10 Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

1 Timothy 1:10

^1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

^1:10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

Proverbs 29:24

^29:24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

^29:24 A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.

Psalm 50:18

^50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

^50:18 When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

^4:6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

^4:6 and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

Proverbs 11:1

^11:1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

^11:1 Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Deuteronomy 19:14

^19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

^19:14 You must not move your neighbor's boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

Proverbs 23:10

^23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

^23:10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Amos 8:5

^8:5 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 by deceit?

^8:5 asking, "When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

Psalm 37:21

^37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

^37:21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

Luke 16:10–12

^16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. ^16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? ^16:12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?

^16:10 Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. ^16:11 So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches? ^16:12 And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

Ezekiel 22:29

^22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

^22:29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

Leviticus 25:17

^25:17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

^25:17 Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

Matthew 23:25

^23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

^23:25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Ezekiel 22:12

^22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

^22:12 In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

Psalm 15:5

^15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

^15:5 who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

Job 15:34

^15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

^15:34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

1 Corinthians 6:6–8

^6:6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. ^6:7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? ^6:8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.

^6:6 Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers! ^6:7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? ^6:8 Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!

Proverbs 3:29–30

^3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. ^3:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

^3:29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you. ^3:30 Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.

Isaiah 5:8

^5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

^5:8 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

Micah 2:2

^2:2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

^2:2 They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

Proverbs 11:26

^11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

^11:26 The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.

Acts 19:19; Acts 19:24–25

^19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. ^19:24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; ^19:25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

^19:19 And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. ^19:24 It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen. ^19:25 Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. "Men," he said, "you know that this business is our source of prosperity.

Job 20:19

^20:19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

^20:19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

James 5:4

^5:4 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.

^5:4 Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Proverbs 21:6

^21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

^21:6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

Luke 12:15

^12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

^12:15 And He said to them, "Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

1 Timothy 6:5

^6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

^6:5 and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

Colossians 3:2

^3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

^3:2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

Proverbs 23:5

^23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

^23:5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Psalm 62:10

^62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

^62:10 Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Matthew 6:25; Matthew 6:31; Matthew 6:34

^6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? ^6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? ^6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

^6:25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? ^6:31 Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' ^6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

^5:12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

^5:12 The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

Psalm 73:3

^73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

^73:3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 37:1; Psalm 37:7

^37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. ^37:7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

^37:1 Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong. ^37:7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

^3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

^3:11 Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.

Proverbs 18:9

^18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

^18:9 Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 21:17

^21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

^21:17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Proverbs 23:20–21

^23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: ^23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

^23:20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. ^23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Proverbs 28:19

^28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

^28:19 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

^4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

^4:8 There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: "For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?" This too is futile-a miserable task.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

^6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

^6:2 God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.

1 Timothy 5:8

^5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

^5:8 If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.