1 Thes 4:6 Cross References

1 Thessalonians 4:6

6: Never cheat a Christian brother in this matter by taking his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.

Hebrews 13:4

  1. Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

Exodus 20:17

  1. "Do not covet your neighbor's house. Do not covet your neighbor's wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else your neighbor owns."

James 5:4

  1. For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

James 2:6

  1. And yet, you insult the poor man! Isn't it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

Proverbs 28:24

  1. Robbing your parents and then saying, "What's wrong with that?" is as serious as committing murder.

Romans 13:4

  1. The authorities are sent by God to help you. But if you are doing something wrong, of course you should be afraid, for you will be punished. The authorities are established by God for that very purpose, to punish those who do wrong.

Ezekiel 22:13

  1. "But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed.

Romans 12:19

  1. Dear friends, never avenge yourselves. Leave that to God. For it is written, "I will take vengeance; I will repay those who deserve it," says the Lord.

Exodus 20:15

  1. "Do not steal.

Jeremiah 7:6

  1. and if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; and if you stop your murdering; and if you stop worshiping idols as you now do to your own harm.

Psalms 94:1

  1. O LORD, the God to whom vengeance belongs, O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice be seen!

Leviticus 19:11

  1. "Do not steal. "Do not cheat one another. "Do not lie.

Ezekiel 45:9

  1. For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Stop all your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Quit robbing and cheating my people out of their land! Stop expelling them from their homes!
  2. You must use only honest weights and scales, honest dry volume measures, and honest liquid volume measures.
  3. The homer will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath will each measure one-tenth of a homer.
  4. The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel. One shekel consists of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels are equal to one mina.
  5. "This is the tax you must give to the prince: one bushel of wheat or barley for every sixty you harvest,

Ephesians 5:6

  1. Don't be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the terrible anger of God comes upon all those who disobey him.

Deuteronomy 32:35

  1. I will take vengeance; I will repay those who deserve it. In due time their feet will slip. Their day of disaster will arrive, and their destiny will overtake them.'

1 Samuel 12:3

  1. Now tell me as I stand before the LORD and before his anointed one--whose ox or donkey have I stolen? Have I ever cheated any of you? Have I ever oppressed you? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make right whatever I have done wrong."
  2. "No," they replied, "you have never cheated or oppressed us in any way, and you have never taken even a single bribe."

Micah 2:2

  1. When you want a certain piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone's house, you take it by fraud and violence. No one's family or inheritance is safe with you around!

Proverbs 16:11

  1. The LORD demands fairness in every business deal; he sets the standard.

Psalms 140:12

  1. But I know the LORD will surely help those they persecute; he will maintain the rights of the poor.

Proverbs 20:14

  1. The buyer haggles over the price, saying, "It's worthless," then brags about getting a bargain!

Ephesians 4:17

  1. With the Lord's authority let me say this: Live no longer as the ungodly do, for they are hopelessly confused.

Jeremiah 9:4

  1. "Beware of your neighbor! Beware of your brother! They all take advantage of one another and spread their slanderous lies.

Job 31:13

  1. "If I have been unfair to my male or female servants, if I have refused to hear their complaints,
  2. how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me about it?

Leviticus 25:14

  1. "When you make an agreement with a neighbor to buy or sell property, you must never take advantage of each other.

Leviticus 19:13

  1. "Do not cheat or rob anyone. "Always pay your hired workers promptly.

Luke 12:5

  1. But I'll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill people and then throw them into hell.

Malachi 3:5

  1. At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.

Deuteronomy 24:7

  1. "If anyone kidnaps a fellow Israelite and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must cleanse the evil from among you.

Isaiah 5:7

  1. This is the story of the LORD's people. They are the vineyard of the LORD Almighty. Israel and Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected them to yield a crop of justice, but instead he found bloodshed. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of oppression.

Galatians 5:21

  1. envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other kinds of sin. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Proverbs 11:1

  1. The LORD hates cheating, but he delights in honesty.

Zephaniah 3:1

  1. How terrible it will be for rebellious, polluted Jerusalem, the city of violence and crime.

Romans 1:18

  1. But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who push the truth away from themselves.

Amos 8:5

  1. You can't wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out your grain in false measures and weigh it out on dishonest scales.
  2. And you mix the wheat you sell with chaff swept from the floor! Then you enslave poor people for a debt of one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.

Mark 10:19

  1. But as for your question, you know the commandments: 'Do not murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not testify falsely. Do not cheat. Honor your father and mother.'"

Proverbs 20:23

  1. The LORD despises double standards; he is not pleased by dishonest scales.

1 Corinthians 6:7

  1. To have such lawsuits at all is a real defeat for you. Why not just accept the injustice and leave it at that? Why not let yourselves be cheated?
  2. But instead, you yourselves are the ones who do wrong and cheat even your own Christian brothers and sisters.
  3. Don't you know that those who do wrong will have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals,

Proverbs 22:22

  1. Do not rob the poor because they are poor or exploit the needy in court.
  2. For the LORD is their defender. He will injure anyone who injures them.

Leviticus 25:17

  1. Show your fear of God by not taking advantage of each other. I, the LORD, am your God.

Zephaniah 3:5

  1. But the LORD is still there in the city, and he does no wrong. Day by day his justice is more evident, but no one takes notice--the wicked know no shame.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

  1. If you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and justice being miscarried throughout the land, don't be surprised! For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice only get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

  1. in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don't know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.

Isaiah 59:4

  1. No one cares about being fair and honest. Their lawsuits are based on lies. They spend their time plotting evil deeds and then doing them.
  2. They spend their time and energy spinning evil plans that end up in deadly actions.
  3. They cheat and shortchange everyone. Nothing they do is productive; all their activity is filled with sin. Violence is their trademark.
  4. Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. They think only about sinning. Wherever they go, misery and destruction follow them.

Isaiah 1:23

  1. Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them take bribes and refuse to defend the orphans and the widows.
  2. Therefore, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, says, "I will pour out my fury on you, my enemies!

Ephesians 4:28

  1. If you are a thief, stop stealing. Begin using your hands for honest work, and then give generously to others in need.

Deuteronomy 25:13

  1. "You must use accurate scales when you weigh out merchandise,
  2. and you must use full and honest measures.
  3. Yes, use honest weights and measures, so that you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
  4. Those who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the LORD your God.
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