For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that pl
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should n
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, ea
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they l
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perish
because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Ti
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the wo
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take n
and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas,
For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fathe
which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death
“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a s
My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they wi
They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen,
Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he wa
Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horse
But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stu
Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What w
Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from ever
“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it bet