Topics · D

Dishonesty

16 lines · 52 passages

  1. General scriptures concerning Lev 6:2–7; 19:13, 35, 36; Deut 25:13–16; Job 24:2–11; Ps 37:21; 50:18; 62:10; Prov 3:27, 28; 11:1; 20:10, 14, 17, 23; Isa 32:7; Jer 7:8–10; 9:4–6, 8; 22:13; Ezek 22:29; Hos 4:1, 2; 12:7; Amos 3:10; 8:5; Mic 6:10, 11; Nah 3:1; Zeph 1:9; Zech 5:3, 4; Luke 16:1–8; 1 Thess 4:6; Jas 5:4
  2. Instances of
  3. Abimelech’s servants confiscate a well Gen 21:25; 26:15–22
  4. Jacob obtains his brother’s birthright by an unjust advantage Gen 25:29–33
  5. Jacob steals his father’s blessing Gen 27:6–29
  6. Jacob gains from Laban’s flocks by skillful manipulation Gen 30:31–43
  7. Rebekah’s craftiness in Jacob’s behalf Gen 27:6–17
  8. Laban’s treatment of Jacob Gen 29:21–30; 31:36–42
  9. Rachel steals the household gods Gen 31:19
  10. Simeon and Levi deceive the Shechemites Gen 34:15–31
  11. Achan hides the wedge of gold and the Babylonian garment Josh 7:11–26
  12. Micah steals one-thousand one-hundred pieces of silver Judg 17:2
  13. Micah’s priest steals his images Judg 18:14–21
  14. Joab’s guile in securing Absalom’s return 2 Sam 14:2–20
  15. Ahab confiscates Naboth’s vineyard 1 Kgs 21:2–16
  16. Judas’ hypocritical sympathy for the poor John 12:6
  17. See Diplomacy
  18. See Hypocrisy
  19. See Injustice
  20. See Treason

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.