1 Samuel 12:3

Legacy Standard Bible

Here I am; bear witness against me before Yahweh and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:22

“For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

Nehemiah 5:11

Please, give back to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the new wine and the oil that you are exacting from them.”

Psalm 15:5

He does not put out his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

Exodus 20:17

¶“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male slave or his female slave or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Exodus 22:4

If what he stole is actually found alive in his hand, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double.

Exodus 23:8

“And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he who hates gifts of bribery will live.

Leviticus 6:4

then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall return what he took by robbery or what he got by extortion, or the deposit which was entrusted to him or the lost thing which he found,

Leviticus 6:5

or anything about which he swore falsely; he shall make restitution for it in full and add to it one-fifth more. He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day he presents his guilt offering.

Numbers 16:15

Then Moses became very angry and said to Yahweh, “Do not regard their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”

Matthew 22:21

They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “Therefore, render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

Luke 19:8

But Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I have extorted anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”

Acts 20:33

I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes.

2 Corinthians 12:14

Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you. For children ought not to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers;

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never came with a flattering word, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd the flock of God among you, overseeing not under compulsion, but willingly, according to God; and not for dishonest gain, but with eagerness;

1 Samuel 10:1

Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him, and said, “Has not Yahweh anointed you a ruler over His inheritance?

1 Samuel 12:4

And they said, “You have not extorted us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.”

1 Samuel 12:5

So he said to them, “Yahweh is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day that you have found nothing in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”

1 Samuel 2:35

But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him a faithful house, and he will walk before My anointed always.

1 Samuel 24:11

Now, my father, see! Indeed, see the edge of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the edge of your robe and did not kill you, know and see that there is no evil or transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life to take it.

1 Samuel 24:6

So he said to his men, “Far be it from me because of Yahweh that I should do this thing to my lord, the anointed of Yahweh, to send forth my hand against him, since he is the anointed of Yahweh.”

1 Samuel 24:7

And David tore his men to pieces with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul arose, left the cave, and went on his way.

1 Samuel 26:11

Yahweh forbid that I should send forth my hand against the anointed of Yahweh; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jug of water, and let us go.”

1 Samuel 26:9

But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can send forth his hand against the anointed of Yahweh and be without guilt?”