DISHONESTY

DISHONESTY. → General scriptures concerning Le 6:2-7; 19:13,35,36; De 25:13-16; Job 24:2-11; Ps 37:21; 50:18; 62:10; Pr 3:27,28; 11:1; 20:10,14,17,23; Isa 32:7; Jer 7:8-10; 9:4-6,8; 22:13; Eze 22:29; Ho 4:1,2; 12:7; Am 3:10; 8:5; Mic 6:10,11; Na 3:1; Zep 1:9; Zec 5:3,4; Lu 16:1-8; 1Th 4:6; Jas 5:4 → INSTANCES OF
* Abimelech's servants confiscate a well Ge 21:25; 26:15-22
* Jacob obtains his brother's birthright by an unjust advantage Ge 25:29-33
* Jacob steals his father's blessing Ge 27:6-29
* Jacob gains from Laban's flocks by skillful manipulation Ge 30:31-43
* Rebekah's craftiness in Jacob's behalf Ge 27:6-17
* Laban's treatment of Jacob Ge 29:21-30; 31:36-42
* Rachel steals the household gods Ge 31:19
* Simeon and Levi deceive the Shechemites Ge 34:15-31
* Achan hides the wedge of gold and the Babylonian garment Jos 7:11-26
* Micah steals one-thousand one-hundred pieces of silver Jud 17:2
* Micah's priest steals his images Jud 18:14-21
* Joab's guile in securing Absalom's return 2Sa 14:2-20
* Ahab confiscates Naboth's vineyard 1Ki 21:2-16
* Judas' hypocritical sympathy for the poor Joh 12:6
* See DIPLOMACY
* See HYPOCRISY
* See INJUSTICE
* See TREASON

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Dis‐hon″es‐ty (?), n. [[Cf. OF. deshonesté, F. déshonnêteté.]] 1. 1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. “The hidden things of dishonesty.” 2 Cor. iv. 2.
2. 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
3. 3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.
4. 4. Lewdness; unchastity. Shak.