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.
Jeremiah 6:12-13
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12 (A)Their houses shall be turned over to others,
their fields and wives together,
for I will stretch out my hand
against the inhabitants of the land,”
declares the Lord.
13 (B)“For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone (C)is greedy for unjust gain;
and from (D)prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Ezekiel 33:31
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31 (A)And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for (B)with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
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Titus 1:11
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11 They must be silenced, since (A)they are upsetting whole families by teaching (B)for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
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Zephaniah 1:13
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13 Their goods shall be (A)plundered,
and their houses laid waste.
(B)Though they build houses,
they shall not inhabit them;
(C)though they plant vineyards,
they shall not drink wine from them.”
Amos 5:11
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Ezekiel 22:27-28
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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. 28 And (D)her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, (E)seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.
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Jeremiah 23:11-17
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11 (A)“Both prophet and priest are ungodly;
even (B)in my house I have found their evil,
declares the Lord.
12 (C)Therefore their way shall be to them
like slippery paths (D)in the darkness,
into which they shall be driven and fall,
for I will bring disaster upon them
(E)in the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.
13 In the prophets of (F)Samaria
(G)I saw an unsavory thing:
(H)they prophesied by Baal
(I)and led my people Israel astray.
14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen a horrible thing:
(J)they commit adultery and walk in lies;
(K)they strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
(L)all of them have become like Sodom to me,
(M)and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
(N)“Behold, I will feed them with bitter food
(O)and give them (P)poisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”
16 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, (Q)filling you with vain hopes. (R)They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord. 17 They say continually to those who despise the word of the Lord, (S)‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who (T)stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, (U)‘No disaster shall come upon you.’”
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Isaiah 56:10-12
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10 (A)His watchmen are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent (B)dogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
11 (C)The dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But (D)they are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
(E)each to his own gain, one and all.
12 (F)“Come,” they say, “let me get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
(G)and tomorrow will be like this day,
great beyond measure.”
Isaiah 28:7
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7 (A)These also reel with wine
and (B)stagger with strong drink;
the priest and (C)the prophet reel with strong drink,
they are swallowed by[a] wine,
they stagger with strong drink,
they reel in vision,
they stumble in giving judgment.
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Deuteronomy 28:30-32
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30 (A)You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. (B)You shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. (C)You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit. 31 Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat any of it. Your donkey shall be seized before your face, but shall not be restored to you. Your sheep shall be given to your enemies, but there shall be no one to help you. 32 (D)Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, (E)but you shall be helpless.
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2 Peter 2:1-3
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False Prophets and Teachers
2 But (A)false prophets also arose among the people, (B)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will (C)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master (D)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth (E)will be blasphemed. 3 And (F)in their greed they will exploit you (G)with false words. (H)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
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Micah 3:5
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5 Thus says the Lord concerning (A)the prophets
who lead my people astray,
(B)who cry “Peace”
when they have something to eat,
but declare war against him
who puts nothing into their mouths.
Lamentations 4:13
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13 This was for (A)the sins of her prophets
and (B)the iniquities of her priests,
who shed in the midst of her
the blood of the righteous.
Jeremiah 32:32
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32 because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah that they did to provoke me to anger—(A)their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 23:25-26
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25 I have heard what the prophets have said (A)who prophesy lies in my name, saying, (B)‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ 26 How long shall there be lies in the heart of (C)the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart,
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Jeremiah 5:31
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31 (A)the prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
(B)my people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?
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