1Sa 9:7-8, 2Ki 5:15, Jer 40:5, Mal 1:10, Act 8:18-20, 1Pe 5:2 | ESV | STEP | Then Saul said to his servant , But if we go , what can we bring the man ? For the bread in our sacks is gone , and there is no present to bring to the man of God . What do we have?

1 Samuel 9:7-8

7 Then Saul said to his servant, “But if we go, ^awhat can we bring the man? For the bread in our sacks is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?” 8 The servant answered Saul again, “Here, I have with me a quarter of a shekel ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver, and I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way.”

2 Kings 5:15

Gehazi’s Greed and Punishment

15 Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him. And he said, “Behold, I know that ^cthere is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so ^daccept now a present from your servant.”

Jeremiah 40:5

5 If you remain, ^{▼▼Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain} then return to ^fGedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, ^gwhom the king of Babylon appointed governor of the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people. Or go wherever you think it right to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance of food and a present, and let him go.

Malachi 1:10

10 ^hOh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, ⁱand I will not accept an offering from your hand.

Acts 8:18-20

18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 But Peter said to him, ^j“May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God ^kwith money!

1 Peter 5:2

2 ^lshepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight} ⁿnot under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit as God would have you} ^pnot for shameful gain, but eagerly;