Proverbs 26:16

16The sluggard is awiser in his own eyes
bthan seven men who can answer sensibly.

Luke 16:8

8The master commended the dishonest manager for his cshrewdness. For dthe sons of this world
Greek age
are fmore shrewd in dealing with their own generation than gthe sons of light.

John 12:5-6

5Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii
A  denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer
and igiven to the poor?”
6He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and jhaving charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.

Acts 5:2

2and with his wife’s knowledge khe kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and llaid it at the apostlesfeet.
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