Micah 7:3
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3 (A)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
(B)the prince and (C)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
Proverbs 4:16-17
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16 For they (A)cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
(B)and drink the wine of violence.
Amos 5:12
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12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who (A)take a bribe,
and (B)turn aside the needy (C)in the gate.
Jeremiah 8:10
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10 (A)Therefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
everyone (B)is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
1 Corinthians 4:5
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5 Therefore (A)do not pronounce judgment before the time, (B)before the Lord comes, (C)who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. (D)Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
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Luke 12:1-2
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Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees
12 In the meantime, (A)when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, (B)“Beware of (C)the leaven of the Pharisees, (D)which is hypocrisy. 2 (E)Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
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Matthew 26:15
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15 and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they (A)paid him (B)thirty pieces of silver.
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Hosea 4:18
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Footnotes
- Hosea 4:18 Hebrew shields
Ezekiel 22:27
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27 (A)Her princes in her midst are like wolves (B)tearing the prey, (C)shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.
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Ezekiel 22:6
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6 “Behold, (A)the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.
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Jeremiah 3:5
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5 (A)will he be angry forever,
will he be indignant to the end?’
Behold, you have spoken,
but you have done all the evil that you could.”
Isaiah 26:21
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21 (A)For behold, the Lord is coming out from his place
to punish the inhabitants of (B)the earth for their iniquity,
and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it,
and will no more cover its slain.
Isaiah 1:23
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23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone (A)loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
(B)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow's cause does not come to them.
1 Kings 21:9-14
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9 And she wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people. 10 And set two (A)worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, (B)‘You have cursed[a] God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” 11 And the men of his city, (C)the elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, 12 (D)they proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.”
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- 1 Kings 21:10 Hebrew blessed; also verse 13
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