Jeremiah 6:13
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13 (A)“For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone (B)is greedy for unjust gain;
and from (C)prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Jeremiah 23:11
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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.
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.
Micah 3:2-3
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2 you (A)who hate the good and love the evil,
(B)who tear the skin from off my people[a]
and their flesh from off their bones,
3 (C)who eat the flesh of my people,
and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones in pieces
and chop them up like meat in a pot,
like flesh in a cauldron.
Footnotes
- Micah 3:2 Hebrew from off them
Jeremiah 22:17
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17 But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
(A)for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
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.
Ezekiel 22:25-28
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25 (A)The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is (B)like a roaring lion (C)tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26 (D)Her priests (E)have done violence to my law and (F)have profaned my holy things. (G)They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and (H)they have disregarded my Sabbaths, (I)so that I am profaned among them. 27 (J)Her princes in her midst are like wolves (K)tearing the prey, (L)shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. 28 And (M)her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, (N)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 14:18
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18 (A)If I go out into the field,
behold, those pierced by the sword!
(B)And if I enter the city,
behold, the diseases of famine!
(C)For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
and have no knowledge.’”
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?
Isaiah 57:17
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17 Because of the iniquity of his (A)unjust gain I was angry,
I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
2 Peter 2:14-15
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14 They have eyes full of adultery,[a] (A)insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts (B)trained in greed. (C)Accursed children! 15 Forsaking the right way, (D)they have gone astray. They have followed (E)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (F)gain from wrongdoing,
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- 2 Peter 2:14 Or eyes full of an adulteress
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