1 Corinthians 6:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!”
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BSBPD
“Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Nay, but ye yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“but ye--ye do injustice, and ye defraud, and these--brethren!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 6:8 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Mark 10:19You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
- Colossians 3:25Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
- James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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