Proverbs 21:7
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7 The violence of the wicked will (A)sweep them away,
because they refuse to do what is just.
Proverbs 21:21
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Ephesians 5:6
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6 (A)Let no one (B)deceive you with empty words, for because of these things (C)the wrath of God comes upon (D)the sons of disobedience.
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Zechariah 5:3-4
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3 Then he said to me, “This is (A)the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who (B)steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who (C)swears falsely[a] shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. 4 I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of (D)him who swears falsely by my name. And (E)it shall remain in his house and (F)consume it, both timber and stones.”
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- Zechariah 5:3 Hebrew lacks falsely (supplied from verse 4)
Micah 3:9-12
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9 (A)Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel,
(B)who detest justice
and make crooked all that is straight,
10 (C)who build Zion with blood
and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 (D)Its heads give judgment for a bribe;
(E)its priests teach for a price;
(F)its prophets practice divination for money;
(G)yet they lean on the Lord and (H)say,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
(I)No disaster shall come upon us.”
12 Therefore because of you
(J)Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem (K)shall become a heap of ruins,
and (L)the mountain of the house (M)a wooded height.
Ezekiel 22:13-14
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Ezekiel 18:18
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18 As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, (A)behold, he shall die for his iniquity.
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Jeremiah 7:15
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15 (A)And I will cast you out of my sight, (B)as I cast out all your kinsmen, all the offspring of (C)Ephraim.
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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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Isaiah 1:23-24
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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.
24 Therefore the (C)Lord declares,
the Lord of hosts,
the (D)Mighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
(E)and avenge myself on my foes.
Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 (A)Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or (B)crush the afflicted at (C)the gate,
23 for (D)the Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.
Proverbs 10:6
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:6 Or but violence covers the mouth of the wicked; also verse 11
Psalm 9:16
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16 The Lord has made himself (A)known; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.[a] Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 9:16 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 7:16
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16 His (A)mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
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