40 Bible Verses about cheaters

But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

and that he has cheated me and changed my wages 10 times. But God has not let him harm me.

Instead, you act unjustly and cheat—and you do this to believers!

“It’s worthless, it’s worthless!” the buyer says,
but after he is on his way, he gloats.

Therefore, I will give their wives to other men,
their fields to new occupants,
for from the least to the greatest,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”

You ask: “How do we rob You?”

“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.

“You must not steal. You must not act deceptively or lie to one another.

If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.

So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac. When he touched him, he said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

They covet fields and seize them;
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.

Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.

You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am Yahweh your God.

If a man commits adultery with a married woman—if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

“So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first one.

“You must not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages due a hired hand must not remain with you until morning.

For jealousy enrages a husband,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man,
but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.

Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s;
all the weights in the bag are His concern.

A merchant loves to extort
with dishonest scales in his hands.

Making a fortune through a lying tongue
is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.

The one who robs his father or mother
and says, “That’s no sin,”
is a companion to a man who destroys.

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

“The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “and My name will be feared among the nations.

You are suffering under a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.

No one who acts deceitfully
will live in my palace;
no one who tells lies
will remain in my presence.

so is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!”

I did not mean the immoral people of this world or the greedy and swindlers or idolaters; otherwise you would have to leave the world.

Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord,
but an accurate weight is His delight.

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.

Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?

no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom.

“When someone sins and offends the Lord by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit, a security, or a robbery; or defrauds his neighbor;

destruction is inside it;
oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.

“This is what the Lord God says: You have gone too far, princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of My people.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

But the cowards, unbelievers, vile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars—their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

This means one must not transgress against and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offenses, as we also previously told and warned you.

Your deal with Death will be dissolved,
and your agreement with Sheol will not last.
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be trampled.

Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his unspiritual mind.

In fact, you put up with it if someone enslaves you, if someone devours you, if someone captures you, if someone dominates you, or if someone hits you in the face.

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”