Isaiah 23:17-18

17At the end of aseventy years, the Lord will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages and bwill prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. 18Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the Lord. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the Lord.

Ezekiel 27:12-36

12 cTarshish did dbusiness with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your ewares. 13 fJavan, gTubal, and hMeshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14From iBeth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules jfor your wares. 15The men of kDedan
Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes
traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony.
16Syria mdid business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares nemeralds, opurple, pembroidered work, qfine linen, coral, and rruby. 17Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise swheat of tMinnith, meal,
The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown
honey, oil, and vbalm.
18 wDamascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and xwool of Sahar 19and casks of wine
Probable reading; Hebrew  wool of Sahar, Vedan, and Javan
from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, zcassia, and aacalamus were bartered for your merchandise.
20Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21Arabia and all the princes of abKedar were your favored dealers acin lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. 22The traders of adSheba and aeRaamah traded with you; they exchanged affor your wares agthe best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. 23 ahHaran, Canneh, aiEden, traders of Sheba, ajAsshur, and Chilmad traded with you. 24In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of akblue and alembroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. 25 amThe ships of anTarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden aoin the heart of the seas.

26 “Your rowers have brought you out
into the high seas.
apThe east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
27Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and aqyour pilots,
aryour caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
ason the day of your fall.
28At the sound of the cry of your pilots
atthe countryside shakes,
29and down from their ships
aucome all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land
30 avand shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
awThey cast dust on their heads
axand wallow in ashes;
31they aymake themselves bald for you
and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
with bitter mourning.
32In their wailing they azraise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
baWho is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33When your wares came from the seas,
bbyou satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
bcyou enriched the kings of the earth.
34Now bdyou are wrecked by the seas,
in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew in your midst
have sunk with you.
35 beAll the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and bfthe hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.
36 bgThe merchants among the peoples bhhiss at you;
biyou have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.’”

Hosea 12:7

7 A merchant, in whose hands are bjfalse balances,
he loves bkto oppress.

Luke 19:45-46

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

45 blAnd he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, 46saying to them, “It is written, bmMy house shall be a house of prayer,’ but bnyou have made it a den of robbers.”

John 2:16

16And he told those who sold the pigeons, Take these things away; do not make bomy Father’s house a house of trade.”

1 Timothy 6:9-10

9But bpthose who desire to be rich fall into temptation, bqinto a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that brplunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of bsall 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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