Zechariah 5:3
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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.
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- Zechariah 5:3 Hebrew lacks falsely (supplied from verse 4)
Exodus 20:15
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15 (A)“You shall not steal.
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Isaiah 48:1
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Israel Refined for God's Glory
48 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
(A)who are called by the name of Israel,
and (B)who came from the waters of Judah,
(C)who swear by the name of the Lord
and confess the God of Israel,
but not in truth or right.
Isaiah 43:28
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28 Therefore (A)I will profane the princes of the sanctuary,
and (B)deliver Jacob to utter destruction
and Israel to reviling.
Isaiah 24:6
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6 Therefore (A)a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants (B)suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.
James 5:12
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12 But above all, my brothers, (A)do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.
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Galatians 3:10-13
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The Righteous Shall Live by Faith
10 For all who rely on works of the law are (A)under a curse; for it is written, (B)“Cursed be everyone who does not (C)abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11 Now it is evident that (D)no one is justified before God by the law, for (E)“The righteous shall live by faith.”[a] 12 But the law is not of faith, rather (F)“The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ (G)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, (H)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged (I)on a tree”—
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- Galatians 3:11 Or The one who by faith is righteous will live
Malachi 4:6
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6 And he will (A)turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and (B)strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”[a]
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- Malachi 4:6 The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction
Zechariah 5:4
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4 I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of (A)him who swears falsely by my name. And (B)it shall remain in his house and (C)consume it, both timber and stones.”
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Jeremiah 26:6
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6 then I will make this house (A)like Shiloh, and I will make this city (B)a curse for all the nations of the earth.’”
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Jeremiah 5:2
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Leviticus 19:12
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12 (A)You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so (B)profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
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Revelation 22:15
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15 (A)Outside are (B)the dogs (C)and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
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Revelation 21:8
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8 (A)But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, (B)their portion will be in (C)the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is (D)the second death.”
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James 5:4
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4 Behold, (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and (B)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of (C)the Lord of hosts.
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Hebrews 6:6-8
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6 and (A)then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since (B)they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. 7 For (C)land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. 8 But (D)if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, (E)and its end is to be burned.
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1 Timothy 1:9
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9 understanding this, that the (A)law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,
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Ephesians 4:28
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28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather (A)let him labor, (B)doing honest work with his own hands, so (C)that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
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1 Corinthians 6:7-9
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7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. (A)Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even (B)your own brothers![a]
9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous[b] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: (C)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,[c]
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- 1 Corinthians 6:8 Or brothers and sisters
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or wrongdoers
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts
Luke 21:35
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35 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
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Matthew 25:41
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41 “Then he will say to those on his left, (A)‘Depart from me, you (B)cursed, into (C)the eternal fire prepared for (D)the devil and his angels.
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Matthew 23:16-22
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16 “Woe to (A)you, (B)blind guides, who say, (C)‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or (D)the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by (E)the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or (F)the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by (G)him who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by (H)heaven swears by (I)the throne of God and by (J)him who sits upon it.
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Matthew 5:33-37
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Oaths
33 “Again (A)you have heard that it was said to those of old, (B)‘You shall not swear falsely, but (C)shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ 34 But I say to you, (D)Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for (E)it is the throne of God, 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is (F)the city of the great King. 36 And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; (G)anything more than this comes from evil.[a]
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- Matthew 5:37 Or the evil one
Malachi 3:8-10
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8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. (A)But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ (B)In your tithes and contributions. 9 (C)You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. 10 (D)Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby (E)put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open (F)the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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