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Ahab: King of Israel: Fraudulently Confiscates Naboth's Vineyard 1 Kings 21:1

Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

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Character of the Wicked: Fraudulent Psalm 37:21

The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

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Character of the Wicked: Fraudulent Micah 6:11

Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

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Clouds: (Without Rain) the Fraudulent Proverbs 25:14

Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.

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Conscience of Jacob, After he Defrauded Esau Genesis 33:1–12

Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. / He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear. / But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

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Covetousness in Defrauding Esau of His, Father's Blessing Genesis 27:6–29

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau, / ‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’ / Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.

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Covetousness in Defrauding Laban of his Flocks and Herds Genesis 30:35–43

That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons. / Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks. / Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.

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Creditors were often Defrauded 1 Samuel 22:2

And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

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Creditors were often Defrauded Luke 16:5–7

And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first. / ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’ / Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

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David: King of Israel is Defrauded of Merab, and Given Michal to Marry 1 Samuel 18:17–27

Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.” / And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?” / So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

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Deceit: Often Accompanied by Fraud and Injustice Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

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Deceit: Often Accompanied by Fraud and Injustice Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

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Divination: A System of Fraud Ezekiel 13:6, 7

They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message. / Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?

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Divination: A System of Fraud Jeremiah 29:8

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.

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Esau is Defrauded of his Father's Blessing by Jacob Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

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Esau is Defrauded of his Father's Blessing by Jacob Hebrews 11:20

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

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False Prophets: The People: Oppressed and Defrauded By Ezekiel 22:25

The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

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Fatherless: Defraud Not Proverbs 23:10

Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

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Fraud Proverbs 20:17

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

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Fraud Proverbs 13:11

Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

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Fraud Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

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Fraud John 8:44

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

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Fraud Proverbs 11:1

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

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Fraud Revelation 21:8

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

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Fraud Psalm 44:21

would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

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Fraud Psalm 37:21

The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

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Fraud Psalm 36:4

Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

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Fraud Galatians 6:7

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

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Isaac: The Miraculous Son of Abraham: Digs Wells, and is Defrauded of Them by the Herdsmen of Abimelech Genesis 26:15, 21

So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham. / Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

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Landmarks: Protected from Fraudulent Removal Deuteronomy 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.

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Landmarks: Protected from Fraudulent Removal Deuteronomy 27:17

‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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Landmarks: Protected from Fraudulent Removal Job 24:9

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

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Landmarks: Protected from Fraudulent Removal Proverbs 22:28

Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.

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Landmarks: Protected from Fraudulent Removal Proverbs 23:10

Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

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Landmarks: Protected from Fraudulent Removal Hosea 5:10

The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.

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Masters: Duty of, Toward Servants: Not to Defraud Them Genesis 31:7

And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.

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Offerings: The Jews often: Defrauded God of Malachi 3:8

Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.

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Riches: Often Lead to Fraud James 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.

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Servants: Duties of, to Masters: Not to Defraud Them Titus 2:10

not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.

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Swearing Falsely: Fraud often Leads To Leviticus 6:2, 3

“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor / or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—

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Temptation: Yielding to Jacob, to Defraud Esau Genesis 27:6–13

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau, / ‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’ / Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.

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The Harvest: Persons Engaged in Often Defrauded of Their Wages James 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.

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The Poor: Guilt of Defrauding James 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.

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The Poor: The Wicked: Defraud Amos 8:5, 6

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. / Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

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The Resurrection of Christ: Fraud Impossible In Matthew 27:63–66

“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ / So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.” / “You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”

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Theft: Includes Fraud Concerning Wages Leviticus 19:13

You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

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Theft: Includes Fraud Concerning Wages Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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Theft: Includes Fraud Concerning Wages James 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.

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Theft: Includes Fraud in General Leviticus 19:13

You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

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Trespass offering: To be offered for Breach of Trust, or Fraud Leviticus 6:2–5

“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor / or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit— / once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,

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