What does the Bible say about fraud?
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The Bible condemns fraud as deceitful theft that dishonors God, harms neighbors, and invites his righteous judgment. God commands his people not to steal, lie, or deal falsely with one another, as Leviticus 19:11 teaches. Proverbs 11:1 and 20:17 warn that dishonest gain may seem sweet briefly but is abhorrent to the Lord and ends bitterly, while Proverbs 13:11 commends wealth gathered honestly. Jesus teaches in Luke 16:10-13 that faithfulness in small matters reveals whom we truly serve. Fraud reflects the devil's lies, yet Christ offers forgiveness and new obedience to repentant sinners. God will finally judge all deceit, and he calls believers to integrity, contentment, and love.
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- Proverbs 20:17
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
- Luke 16:10-13
[10] He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. [11] If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? [12] If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? [13] No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon."
- Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, But he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
- Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.
- Leviticus 19:11
"'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
- Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, But accurate weights are his delight.
- John 8:44
You are of your Father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
- Revelation 21:8
But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
- Psalms 37:21
The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, But the righteous give generously.
- Galatians 6:7
Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that will he also reap.
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