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Dishonest [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Dizonest. [dis and honest.]

2. Void of honesty; destitute of probity, integrity or good faith; faithless; fraudulent; knavish; having or exercising a disposition to deceive, cheat and defraud; applied to persons; as a dishonest man.

3. Proceeding from fraud or marked by it; fraudulent; knavish; as a dishonest transaction.

4. Disgraced; dishonored; from the sense in Latin.

5. DISHONEST with lopped arms the youth appears.

6. Disgraceful; ignominious; from the Latin sense.

7. Inglorious triumphs, and dishonest scars.

8. Unchaste; lewd.

Dishonest [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured.

3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.

4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.

Dishonest [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid.

Dishonestly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Dizonestly.

2. In a dishonest manner; without good faith, probity or integrity; with fraudulent views; knavishly.

3. Lewdly; unchastely.

Dishonestly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a dishonest manner.

Dishonesty [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Dizonesty.

2. Want of probity, or integrity in principle; faithlessness; a disposition to cheat or defraud, or to deceive and betray; applied to persons.

3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; treachery; any deviation from probity or integrity; applied to acts.

4. Unchastity; incontinence; lewdness.

5. Deceit; wickedness; shame. 2 Corinthians 4:2 .

Dishonesty [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.

2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.

3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.

4. Lewdness; unchastity.

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Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Leviticus 19:35

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

Deuteronomy 25:16

For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.

Proverbs 11:1

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

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

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.

Proverbs 20:23

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

Proverbs 28:16

The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.

Jeremiah 22:17

But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

Ezekiel 22:13

Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 28:18

Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

Hosea 12:7

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

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

Amos 8:5

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

Micah 6:11

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

Luke 16:8

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

Luke 16:10

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.