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  Genesis 43:33 - 44:2 - They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with another. He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him. He commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in his sack's mouth. Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money." He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

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  Proverbs 7:13 - 20 - So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him: "Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows. Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you. I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving. For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey. He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon."

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  John 12:6 - Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

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  Deuteronomy 25:13 - You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.

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  Proverbs 16:11 - Honest balances and scales are Yahweh's; all the weights in the bag are his work.

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  1 Samuel 9:7 - Then Saul said to his servant, "But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?"

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  Micah 6:11 - Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

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  Haggai 1:6 - You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don't have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it."