1 Samuel 12:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Here I stand! Answer me in the presence of the Lord and the Lord’s anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I wronged? From whom have I accepted a bribe and shut my eyes because of it? I will make restitution to you.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:22

For I kept the ways of the Lord; I was not disloyal to my God.

Nehemiah 5:11

Return to them this very day their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, together with the interest on the money, the grain, the wine, and the oil that you have lent them.”

Psalm 15:5

lends no money at interest, accepts no bribe against the innocent. Whoever acts like this shall never be shaken.

Exodus 20:17

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. Moses Accepted as Mediator.

Exodus 22:4

When someone causes a field or a vineyard to be grazed over, by sending his cattle to graze in another’s field, he must make restitution with the best produce of his own field or vineyard.

Exodus 23:8

Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the just.

Proverbs 15:27

The greedy tear down their own house, but those who hate bribes will live.

Leviticus 6:4

Then, having taken off these garments and put on other garments, he shall carry the ashes to a clean place outside the camp.

Leviticus 6:5

The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest shall put firewood on it. On this he shall lay out the burnt offering and burn the fat of the communion offering.

Numbers 16:15

Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Pay no attention to their offering. I have never taken a single donkey from them, nor have I wronged any one of them.” Korah.

Matthew 22:21

They replied, “Caesar’s.” At that he said to them, “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”

Luke 19:8

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over.”

Acts 20:33

I have never wanted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

2 Corinthians 12:14

Now I am ready to come to you this third time. And I will not be a burden, for I want not what is yours, but you. Children ought not to save for their parents, but parents for their children.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You must not distort justice: you shall not show partiality; you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes even of the wise and twists the words even of the just.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

Nor, indeed, did we ever appear with flattering speech, as you know, or with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God in your midst, [overseeing] not by constraint but willingly, as God would have it, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

1 Samuel 10:1

Then, from a flask he had with him, Samuel poured oil on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying: “The Lord anoints you ruler over his people Israel. You are the one who will govern the Lord’s people and save them from the power of their enemies all around them. The Signs Foretold. “This will be the sign for you that the Lord has anointed you ruler over his heritage:

1 Samuel 12:4

They replied, “You have neither cheated us, nor oppressed us, nor accepted anything from anyone.”

1 Samuel 12:5

So he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you this day, and the Lord’s anointed is witness, that you have found nothing in my possession.” “The Lord is witness,” they said. Samuel Admonishes the People.

1 Samuel 2:35

I will choose a faithful priest who shall do what I have in heart and mind. I will establish a lasting house for him and he shall serve in the presence of my anointed forever.

1 Samuel 24:11

You see for yourself today that the Lord just now delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I took pity on you instead. I decided, ‘I will not raise a hand against my master, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’

1 Samuel 24:6

Afterward, however, David regretted that he had cut off an end of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 24:7

He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to lay a hand on him, for he is the Lord’s anointed.”

1 Samuel 26:11

But the Lord forbid that I lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed! Now take the spear at his head and the water jug, and let us be on our way.”

1 Samuel 26:9

But David said to Abishai, “Do not harm him, for who can lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed and remain innocent?