1 Thessalonians 4:6

Modern English Version

and that no man take advantage of and defraud his brother in any matter, because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

Cross References

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the poor.

Psalm 94:1

O  Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs— O God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

Exodus 20:15

You shall not steal.

Exodus 20:17

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.

Proverbs 16:11

A just weight and balance belong to the Lord; all the weights of the bag are His concern.

Proverbs 20:14

“It is no good, it is no good,” says the buyer, but when he goes his way, then he boasts.

Proverbs 20:23

Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and scales of deceit are not good.

Proverbs 28:24

He who robs his father or his mother and says, “It is no transgression,” is a companion to a destroyer.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you observe in a district the oppression of the poor and violation of justice and righteousness, do not be astounded by the matter. For the high official is watched over by an even higher official, and there are even higher officials over them.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plant. Thus He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!

Jeremiah 7:6

if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your harm,

Jeremiah 9:4

Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother; for every brother supplants, and every neighbor walks about with slanders.

Ezekiel 22:13

Behold, therefore, I have struck My hand toward your dishonest gain which you have made, and toward your blood which has been in your midst.

Leviticus 19:11

You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

Leviticus 19:13

You shall not defraud your neighbor or rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not stay with you all night until the morning.

Leviticus 25:14

If you sell anything to your neighbor or buy anything from your neighbor, you shall not oppress one another.

Leviticus 25:17

You shall not therefore oppress one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them. They defraud a man of his house, and a fellow man of his inheritance.

Zephaniah 3:1

Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city.

Zephaniah 3:5

The Lord is righteous in her midst; He does no unrighteousness. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He does not fail, but the unjust knows no shame.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn aside the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord of Hosts.

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother. ”

Luke 12:5

But I will warn you whom you shall fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear Him.

Luke 16:28

for I have five brothers, to testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’

Romans 1:18

The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth through unrighteousness.

Romans 12:19

Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to God’s wrath, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,” says the Lord.

Romans 13:4

for he is the servant of God for your good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain, for he is the servant of God, an avenger to execute wrath upon him who practices evil.

2 Corinthians 7:11

For observe this very thing, which you became sorrowful in a godly way: What carefulness it produced in you, what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what intense desire, what zeal, what avenging of wrong! In all things you have proven yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

Galatians 5:21

envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I previously warned you, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 4:17

Therefore this I say and testify in the Lord, that from now on you walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their minds,

Ephesians 4:28

Let him who steals steal no more. Instead, let him labor, working with his hands things which are good, that he may have something to share with him who is in need.

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

Deuteronomy 24:7

If a man is found kidnapping any of his brothers of the Israelites, and makes property of him or sells him, then that kidnapper must die, and you must remove the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; their foot will slip in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things to come hasten upon them.

1 Thessalonians 2:11

As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and commanded every one of you, as a father does his own children,

2 Thessalonians 1:8

in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be honored among everyone, and the bed undefiled. But God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Hebrews 2:6

But someone in a certain place testified, saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

James 2:6

But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you and drag you before the judgment seats?

James 5:4

Behold, the wages that you kept back by fraud from the laborers who harvested your fields are crying, and the cries of those who harvested have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.