1 Corinthians 6:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Nay, but ye yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that [your] brethren.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

1 Thess 4:6 : 6 that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Lev 19:13 : 13 Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Mic 2:2 : 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Mark 10:19 : 19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.
Col 3:25 : 25 For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Cor 6:5-7
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5I say [this] to move you to shame. What, {G3779} cannot there be [found] among you {G3761} one wise man who shall be able to decide {G303} between his brethren,
6but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?
7Nay, already it is altogether {G3303} a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why {G91} not rather take wrong? why {G650} not rather be defrauded?
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6that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
1 Cor 6:1
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1Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
1 Cor 6:9-10
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9Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,
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12And thus, sinning {G3779} against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ.
Jas 2:4
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4do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
Jas 4:11
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11Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Jas 5:9
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9Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
Jas 2:6-9
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6But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
7Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?
8Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
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26And the day following he appeared unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
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8Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
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Gal 6:1-2
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1Brethren, even if {G2532} a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
2Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Col 3:25
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25For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Deut 19:19
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Lev 6:2-3
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2If any one sin, and commit a trespass against Jehovah, and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor,
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8Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; And thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.