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Cheating is condemned

Leviticus 6:1-5 See also 1 Corinthians 6:7-8; 1 Thessalonians 4:6

Examples of cheating

Not paying fair wages

Genesis 31:6-9; James 5:4

Using dishonest weights or scales

Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Hosea 12:7-8; Amos 8:5

Charging excess taxes

Luke 19:8

Offering blemished animals for sacrifice

Malachi 1:12-14

Moving boundary stones

Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17

Samuel as an example of someone who did not cheat

1 Samuel 12:3-4

See also

5310  exploitation
5318  fraud
6145  deceit
8714  dishonesty