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The 13 most-voted verses about taking advantage, from 9 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

and 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.

1 Thessalonians 4:6 (BSB)

That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

1 Thessalonians 4:6 (KJV)

that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

1 Thessalonians 4:6 (WEB)

You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

Leviticus 19:13 (BSB)

¶ Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob [him:] the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Leviticus 19:13 (KJV)

“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

Leviticus 19:13 (WEB)

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 28:8 (BSB)

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Proverbs 28:8 (KJV)

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

Proverbs 28:8 (WEB)

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Proverbs 11:1 (BSB)

A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.

Proverbs 11:1 (KJV)

A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight.

Proverbs 11:1 (WEB)

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

Proverbs 22:16 (BSB)

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

Proverbs 22:16 (KJV)

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

Proverbs 22:16 (WEB)

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

Jeremiah 22:13 (BSB)

¶ Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

Jeremiah 22:13 (KJV)

“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;

Jeremiah 22:13 (WEB)

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Luke 6:31 (BSB)

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Luke 6:31 (KJV)

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

Luke 6:31 (WEB)

And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Luke 12:15 (BSB)

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Luke 12:15 (KJV)

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

Luke 12:15 (WEB)

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

Ephesians 4:28 (BSB)

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Ephesians 4:28 (KJV)

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

Ephesians 4:28 (WEB)

Look, 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.

James 5:4 (BSB)

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

James 5:4 (KJV)

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

James 5:4 (WEB)

You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 22:21 (BSB)

¶ Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 22:21 (KJV)

“You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 22:21 (WEB)

Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

Deuteronomy 24:14 (BSB)

¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:

Deuteronomy 24:14 (KJV)

You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates.

Deuteronomy 24:14 (WEB)

Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

Proverbs 22:22 (BSB)

Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Proverbs 22:22 (KJV)

Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;

Proverbs 22:22 (WEB)

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