hired me

Judges 17:10
"Stay with me, " Micah said to him, "and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions." So the Levite went in

Proverbs 28:21
To show partiality is not good, because a man may sin for a piece of bread.

Isaiah 56:11
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

Ezekiel 13:19
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.'

Hosea 4:8, 9
They feed on the sin of My people and set their heart on iniquity. . . .

Malachi 1:10
"Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you, " says the LORD of Hosts, "and I will accept no offering from your hands."

John 10:12, 13
The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. . . .

Acts 8:18-21
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money. . . .

Acts 20:33
I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing.

1 Timothy 3:3
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.

Titus 1:11
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

2 Peter 2:3, 14, 15
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with tales they have concocted. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. . . .