Ezekiel 22:13
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13 “Behold, (A)I strike my hand at (B)the dishonest gain that you have made, and at (C)the blood that has been in your midst.
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Ezekiel 21:17
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17 I also will (A)clap my hands, (B)and I will satisfy my fury; (C)I the Lord have spoken.”
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Isaiah 33:15
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15 (A)He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
who despises the gain of oppressions,
who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
(B)and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
Amos 2:6-8
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Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (B)they sell the righteous for (C)silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
7 those who trample the head of the poor (D)into the dust of the earth
and (E)turn aside the way of the afflicted;
(F)a man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;
8 they lay themselves down beside every altar
on garments (G)taken in pledge,
and in the house of their God they drink
the wine of those who have been fined.
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 21:14
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14 “As for you, (A)son of man, prophesy. (B)Clap your hands and let the sword come down twice, (C)yes, three times,[a] the sword for those to be slain. It is the sword for the great slaughter, which surrounds them,
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- Ezekiel 21:14 Hebrew its third
1 Thessalonians 4:6
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6 that no one transgress and (A)wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is (B)an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
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Micah 6:10-11
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10 Can I forget any longer the treasures[a] of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is accursed?
11 Shall I acquit the man (A)with wicked scales
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Footnotes
- Micah 6:10 Or Are there still treasures
Micah 2:1-3
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Woe to the Oppressors
2 (A)Woe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil (B)on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They covet fields and (C)seize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
behold, against (D)this family I am devising disaster,[a]
from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you (E)shall not walk haughtily,
(F)for it will be a time of disaster.
Footnotes
- Micah 2:3 The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context
Amos 8:4-6
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4 Hear this, (A)you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
5 saying, “When will (B)the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And (C)the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make (D)the ephah small and the shekel[a] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for (E)silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”
Footnotes
- Amos 8:5 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Amos 3:10
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10 “They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,
(A)“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
Jeremiah 7:9-11
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9 (A)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, (B)swear falsely, (C)make offerings to Baal, (D)and go after other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, (E)which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? 11 (F)Has this house, (G)which is called by my name, (H)become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.
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Jeremiah 5:26-27
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26 For wicked men are found among my people;
(A)they lurk like fowlers lying in wait.[a]
(B)They set a trap;
they catch men.
27 Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:26 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Proverbs 28:8
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8 Whoever multiplies his wealth (A)by interest and profit[a]
(B)gathers it for him who is (C)generous to the poor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor
Numbers 24:10
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10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he (A)struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, (B)“I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.
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