1 Thessalonians 4:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

Cross References

Psalm 140:12

I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

Psalm 94:1

O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.

Exodus 20:15

Do not take the property of another.

Exodus 20:17

Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

Proverbs 11:1

Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

Proverbs 16:11

True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

Proverbs 20:14

A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

Proverbs 20:23

Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

Proverbs 28:24

He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

Jeremiah 7:6

If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

Jeremiah 9:4

Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

Ezekiel 22:13

See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.

Leviticus 19:11

Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.

Leviticus 19:13

Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

Leviticus 25:14

And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

Leviticus 25:17

And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

Micah 2:2

They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.

Zephaniah 3:1

Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!

Zephaniah 3:5

The Lord in her is upright; he will not do evil; every morning he lets his righteousness be seen, he is unchanging; but the evil-doer has no sense of shame.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

Mark 10:19

You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

Luke 12:5

But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.

Luke 16:28

For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.

Romans 1:18

For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;

Romans 12:19

Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.

Romans 13:4

For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

2 Corinthians 7:11

For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

Galatians 5:21

Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 4:17

This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

Ephesians 4:28

Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

Ephesians 5:6

Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

Deuteronomy 24:7

If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Punishment is mine and reward, at the time of the slipping of their feet: for the day of their downfall is near, sudden will be their fate.

1 Thessalonians 2:11

Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,

2 Thessalonians 1:8

To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

Hebrews 13:4

Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

Hebrews 2:6

But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?

James 2:6

But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

James 5:4

See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.