Bible Verses About Taking Advantage

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

“He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.”

“Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.”

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

“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.”

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

“Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, 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!”

“Differing weights and unequal measures— both are detestable to the LORD.”

“For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.”

“In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.”

“Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. 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. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.”

“By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.”

“Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?”

“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. So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches? And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?”

“You must not mistreat any widow or orphan. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry. My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.”

“Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.”

“Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.”

“One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.”

“For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies.”

“Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.”

“Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.”

“Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.”

“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.”

“Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.”

“Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.”

“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?”

“He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.”

“For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”

“A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.”