Bible Cross References
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 9:17
"Stolen water is sweeter. Stolen bread tastes better."
Proverbs 20:17
What you get by dishonesty you may enjoy like the finest food, but sooner or later it will be like a mouthful of sand.
Job 24:5
So the poor, like wild donkeys, search for food in the dry wilderness; nowhere else can they find food for their children.
Job 24:6
They have to harvest fields they don't own, and gather grapes in vineyards of the wicked.
Psalm 14:4
"Don't they know?" asks the LORD. "Are all these evildoers ignorant? They live by robbing my people, and they never pray to me."
Jeremiah 5:26-28
26
"Evildoers live among my people; they lie in wait like those who lay nets to catch birds, but they have set their traps to catch people.
27
Just as a hunter fills a cage with birds, they have filled their houses with loot. That is why they are powerful and rich,
28
why they are fat and well fed. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They do not give orphans their rights or show justice to the oppressed.
Ezekiel 22:25-29
25
The leaders are like lions roaring over the animals they have killed. They kill the people, take all the money and property they can get, and by their murders leave many widows.
26
The priests break my law and have no respect for what is holy. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. They do not teach the difference between clean and unclean things, and they ignore the Sabbath. As a result the people of Israel do not respect me.
27
The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich.
28
The prophets have hidden these sins like workers covering a wall with whitewash. They see false visions and make false predictions. They claim to speak the word of the Sovereign LORD, but I, the LORD, have not spoken to them.
29
The wealthy cheat and rob. They mistreat the poor and take advantage of foreigners.
Amos 8:4-6
4
Listen to this, you that trample on the needy and try to destroy the poor of the country.
5
You say to yourselves, "We can hardly wait for the holy days to be over so that we can sell our grain. When will the Sabbath end, so that we can start selling again? Then we can overcharge, use false measures, and fix the scales to cheat our customers.
6
We can sell worthless wheat at a high price. We'll find someone poor who can't pay his debts, not even the price of a pair of sandals, and we'll buy him as a slave."
Micah 3:5
My people are deceived by prophets who promise peace to those who pay them, but threaten war for those who don't. To these prophets the LORD says,
Micah 6:12
Your rich people exploit the poor, and all of you are liars.
Zephaniah 3:3
Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.
Matthew 23:14
James 5:4
You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.
James 5:5
Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter.