TSK
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge references in KJV.
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
¶ A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his name.
They have belied the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, [and] their fields to them that shall inherit [them]: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers [with] shame do love, Give ye.
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Her prophets [are] light [and] treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: