Exo 18:21, Psa 10:3, Eze 33:31, Hab 2:9, Mar 7:21-22, Luk 12:15, 16:14 | ESV | STEP | Moreover, look for able men from all the people , men who fear God , who are trustworthy and hate a bribe , and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands , of hundreds , of fifties , and of tens .

h[See ver. 6 above]

i[Isa. 14:13]

j Jer. 49:16; [Num. 24:21]

k Matt. 5:22, 28; See Ex. 20:13, 14, 17

l 2 Cor. 12:21; Gal. 5:19; Eph. 4:19; 2 Pet. 2:7; Jude 4

mSee Matt. 6:23 (Gk.)

n Eph. 4:31; Col. 3:8; 1 Tim. 6:4

oSee Luke 1:51

p[Eph. 5:17]

q 1 Tim. 6:6-11; [Heb. 13:5]

r[ch. 11:39; 20:47]

s 2 Tim. 3:2; [1 Tim. 6:10]

t ch. 23:35

Exodus 18:21

21 Moreover, look for ^aable men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Psalms 10:3

3 For the wicked ^bboasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain ^ccurses ^{▼▼Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain} and ^erenounces the Lord.

Ezekiel 33:31

31 ^fAnd they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for ^gwith lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

Habakkuk 2:9

9 ^h“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
ⁱto ^jset his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!

Mark 7:21-22

21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, ^kmurder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, ^lsensuality, ^menvy, ⁿslander, ^opride, ^pfoolishness.

Luke 12:15

15 And he said to them, ^q“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Luke 16:14

The Law and the Kingdom of God

14 ^rThe Pharisees, who were ^slovers of money, heard all these things, and they ^tridiculed him.