Hosea 4:2
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2 By swearing and lying,
Killing and stealing and committing adultery,
They break all restraint,
With bloodshed [a]upon bloodshed.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:2 Lit. touching
Hosea 6:9
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9 As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,
So the company of (A)priests (B)murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they commit (C)lewdness.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
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15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (B)their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God (C)and are [a]contrary to all men,
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:15 hostile
Micah 7:2
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2 The (A)faithful[a] man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
(B)Every man hunts his brother with a net.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:2 Or loyal
Hosea 7:1
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Israel Has Rebelled Against God
7 “When I would have healed Israel,
Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered,
And the wickedness of Samaria.
For (A)they have committed fraud;
A thief comes in;
A band of robbers [a]takes spoil outside.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:1 plunders
Jeremiah 7:6-10
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6 if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, (A)or walk after other gods to your hurt, 7 (B)then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in (C)the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
8 “Behold, you trust in (D)lying words that cannot profit. 9 (E)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and (F)walk after other gods whom you do not know, 10 (G)and then come and stand before Me in this house (H)which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’?
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Jeremiah 6:7
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7 (A)As a fountain [a]wells up with water,
So she wells up with her wickedness.
(B)Violence and plundering are heard in her.
Before Me continually are [b]grief and wounds.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:7 gushes
- Jeremiah 6:7 sickness
Jeremiah 5:26-27
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26 ‘For among My people are found wicked men;
They (A)lie in wait as one who sets snares;
They set a trap;
They catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and grown rich.
Revelation 17:6
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6 I saw (A)the woman, drunk (B)with the blood of the saints and with the blood of (C)the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
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Acts 7:52
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52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (B)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,
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Matthew 23:35
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35 (A)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, (B)from the blood of righteous Abel to (C)the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
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Zechariah 7:9
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Zechariah 5:3
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3 Then he said to me, “This is the (A)curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: ‘Every thief shall be expelled,’ according to this side of the scroll; and, ‘Every perjurer shall be expelled,’ according to that side of it.”
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