Topic
Dishonesty
53 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 21:25Nave INSTANCES OF — Abimelech's servants confiscate a well
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
- Genesis 25:29–33Nave INSTANCES OF — Jacob obtains his brother's birthright by an unjust advantage
¶ And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau…
- Genesis 26:15–22Nave INSTANCES OF — Abimelech's servants confiscate a well
For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. ¶ And Isaac departed…
- Genesis 27:6–29Nave INSTANCES OF — Jacob steals his father's blessing
¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice…
- Genesis 27:6–17Nave INSTANCES OF — Rebekah's craftiness in Jacob's behalf
¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice…
- Genesis 29:21–30Nave INSTANCES OF — Laban's treatment of Jacob
¶ And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her…
- Genesis 30:31–43Nave INSTANCES OF — Jacob gains from Laban's flocks by skillful manipulation
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock: I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted…
- Genesis 31:19Nave INSTANCES OF — Rachel steals the household gods
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
- Genesis 31:36–42Nave INSTANCES OF — Laban's treatment of Jacob
¶ And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set…
- Genesis 34:15–31Nave INSTANCES OF — Simeon and Levi deceive the Shechemites
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. But if ye will…
- Leviticus 6:2–7Nave General scriptures concerning
If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; Or have found that which was lost, and lieth…
- Leviticus 19:13Nave General scriptures concerning
¶ Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
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- Leviticus 19:35 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Leviticus 19:36 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Deuteronomy 25:13–16 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Joshua 7:11–26 Nave INSTANCES OF — Achan hides the wedge of gold and the Babylonian garment
- Judges 17:2 Nave INSTANCES OF — Micah steals one-thousand one-hundred pieces of silver
- Judges 18:14–21 Nave INSTANCES OF — Micah's priest steals his images
- 2 Samuel 14:2–20 Nave INSTANCES OF — Joab's guile in securing Absalom's return
- 1 Kings 21:2–16 Nave INSTANCES OF — Ahab confiscates Naboth's vineyard
- Job 24:2–11 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Psalms 37:21 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Psalms 50:18 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Psalms 62:10 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 3:27 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 3:28 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 11:1 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 20:10 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 20:14 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 20:17 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 20:23 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Isaiah 32:7 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Jeremiah 7:8–10 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Jeremiah 9:4–6 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Jeremiah 9:8 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Jeremiah 22:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Ezekiel 22:29 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Hosea 4:1 Nave General scriptures concerning
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- Hosea 12:7 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Amos 3:10 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Amos 8:5 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Micah 6:10 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Micah 6:11 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Nahum 3:1 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Zephaniah 1:9 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Zechariah 5:3 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Zechariah 5:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 16:1–8 Nave General scriptures concerning
- John 12:6 Nave INSTANCES OF — Judas' hypocritical sympathy for the poor
- 2 Corinthians 4:2 ISBE
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 Nave General scriptures concerning
- James 5:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
dis-on'-es-ti: Only in 2Co 4:2, the King James Version rendering of Greek aischune; the King James Version elsewhere and the Revised Version (British and American) uniformly, "shame."
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 52 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → General scriptures concerning Le 6:2-7; 19:13,35,36; De 25:13-16; Job 24:2-11; Ps 37:21; 50:18; 62:10; Pr 3:27,28; 11:1; 20:10,14,17,23; Isa 32:7; Jer 7:8-10; 9:4-6,8; 22:13; Eze 22:29; Ho 4:1,2; 12:7; Am 3:10; 8:5; Mic 6:10,11; Na 3:1; Zep 1:9; Zec 5:3,4; Lu 16:1-8; 1Th 4:6; Jas 5:4
- → INSTANCES OF
- Abimelech's servants confiscate a well Ge 21:25; 26:15-22
- Jacob obtains his brother's birthright by an unjust advantage Ge 25:29-33
- Jacob steals his father's blessing Ge 27:6-29
- Jacob gains from Laban's flocks by skillful manipulation Ge 30:31-43
- Rebekah's craftiness in Jacob's behalf Ge 27:6-17
- Laban's treatment of Jacob Ge 29:21-30; 31:36-42
- Rachel steals the household gods Ge 31:19
- Simeon and Levi deceive the Shechemites Ge 34:15-31
- Achan hides the wedge of gold and the Babylonian garment Jos 7:11-26
- Micah steals one-thousand one-hundred pieces of silver Jud 17:2
- Micah's priest steals his images Jud 18:14-21
- Joab's guile in securing Absalom's return 2Sa 14:2-20
- Ahab confiscates Naboth's vineyard 1Ki 21:2-16
- Judas' hypocritical sympathy for the poor Joh 12:6
- See DIPLOMACY
- See HYPOCRISY
- See INJUSTICE
- See TREASON
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.