Amo 8:5-6, Zep 3:5, Mal 3:5, Mar 10:19, 1Cor 6:7-9, Eph 4:28, Jam 5:4 | ESV | STEP | saying , When will the new moon be over , that we may sell grain ? And the Sabbath , that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances ,

Amos 8:5-6

5 saying, “When will ^athe new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And ^bthe Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make ^cthe ephah small and the shekel ^{▼▼An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for ^esilver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”

Zephaniah 3:5

5 The Lord within her ^fis righteous;
he does no injustice;
every morning he shows forth his justice;
each dawn he does not fail;
but ^gthe unjust knows no shame.

Malachi 3:5

5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be ^ha swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those ⁱwho oppress the hired worker in his wages, ^jthe widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Mark 10:19

19 You know the commandments: ^k‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’”

1 Corinthians 6:7-9

7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. ^lWhy not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even ^myour own brothers! ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters}

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous ^{▼▼Or wrongdoers} will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: ^pneither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, ^{▼▼The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts}

Ephesians 4:28

28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather ^rlet him labor, ^sdoing honest work with his own hands, so ^tthat he may have something to share with anyone in need.

James 5:4

4 Behold, ^uthe wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and ^vthe cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of ^wthe Lord of hosts.