Add parallel Print Page Options

Contrast the Upright and the Wicked

11 A false balance and dishonest business practices are extremely offensive to the Lord,
But an accurate scale is His delight.(A)

Read full chapter


Better is a little with righteousness
Than great income [gained] with injustice.(A)

Read full chapter


Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the seeking and pursuit of death.

Read full chapter

16 
He who oppresses or exploits the poor to get more for himself
Or who gives to the rich [to gain influence and favor], will only come to poverty.

Read full chapter

11 
“Like the partridge that hatches eggs which she has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune in ways that are unjust.
It will be lost to him before his days are over,
And in the end he will be [nothing but] a fool.”

Read full chapter

You Have Robbed God

“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings [you have withheld].

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends