Genesis 14:23

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

that I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

Cross References

1 Kings 13:8

And the man of God said to the king, “If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place;

2 Kings 5:16

But he said, “As the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

2 Kings 5:20

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and get something from him.”

John 1:27

even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

2 Corinthians 12:14

Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never fail you nor forsake you.”