1 Samuel 9:7-8
7Then 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?” 8The 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.” Isaiah 56:11
11 cThe dogs have a mighty appetite;they never have enough.
But dthey are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
eeach to his own gain, one and all.
Ezekiel 13:19
19You have profaned me among my people ffor handfuls of barley gand for pieces of bread, putting to death souls who should not die and keeping alive souls who should not live, by your lying to my people, who listen to lies.Micah 3:11
11 hIts heads give judgment for a bribe;iits priests teach for a price;
jits prophets practice divination for money;
kyet they lean on the Lord and lsay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
mNo disaster shall come upon us.”
Romans 16:18
18For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but ntheir own appetites, ▼▼Greek their own belly
and pby smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. 1 Timothy 6:9-10
9But qthose who desire to be rich fall into temptation, rinto a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that splunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of tall kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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