Judges 18:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He told them, ‘This is what Micah has done for me: He has hired me, and I became his priest.’

Cross References

Judges 17:10

Micah replied,  ‘Stay with me and be my father  and priest, and I will give you 115 grams of silver a year, along with your clothing and provisions.’ So the Levite went in

2 Peter 2:3

They will exploit  you in their greed  with made-up stories. Their condemnation,  pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

Titus 1:11

It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

1 Timothy 3:3

not an excessive drinker, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy.

Acts 20:33

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

Malachi 1:10

‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors,  so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar!  I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept  no offering from your hands.

Ezekiel 13:19

You profane me among my people for handfuls of barley  and scraps of bread; you put those to death who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to my people, who listen to lies.

Isaiah 56:11

These dogs have fierce appetites; they never have enough. And they are shepherds who have no discernment; all of them turn to their own way, every last one for his own profit.

Proverbs 28:21

It is not good to show partiality   – yet even a courageous person may sin for a piece of bread.

Judges 17:12

Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest  and lived in Micah’s house.

Judges 18:3

While they were near Micah’s home, they recognised the accent of the young Levite. So they went over to him and asked, ‘Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is keeping you here? ’

Judges 18:5

Then they said to him, ‘Please enquire of God  for us to determine if we will have a successful journey.’