Bible Cross References
princes
Ezekiel 22:6
All Israel's leaders trust in their own strength and commit murder.
Ezekiel 19:3-6
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She raised a cub and taught him to hunt; he learned to eat people.
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The nations heard about him and trapped him in a pit. With hooks they dragged him off to Egypt.
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She waited until she saw all hope was gone. Then she raised another of her cubs, and he grew into a fierce lion.
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When he was full-grown, he prowled with the other lions. He too learned to hunt and eat people.
Ezekiel 22:6
All Israel's leaders trust in their own strength and commit murder.
Ezekiel 45:9
The Sovereign LORD said, "You have sinned too long, you rulers of Israel! Stop your violence and oppression. Do what is right and just. You must never again drive my people off their land. I, the Sovereign LORD, am telling you this.
Isaiah 1:23
Your leaders are rebels and friends of thieves; they are always accepting gifts and bribes. They never defend orphans in court or listen when widows present their case.
Hosea 7:1-7
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"Whenever I want to heal my people Israel and make them prosperous again, all I can see is their wickedness and the evil they do. They cheat one another; they break into houses and steal; they rob people in the streets.
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It never enters their heads that I will remember all this evil; but their sins surround them, and I cannot avoid seeing them."
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The LORD says, "People deceive the king and his officers by their evil plots.
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They are all treacherous and disloyal. Their hatred smolders like the fire in an oven, which is not stirred by the baker until the dough is ready to bake.
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On the day of the king's celebration they made the king and his officials drunk and foolish with wine.
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Yes, they burned like an oven with their plotting. All night their anger smoldered, and in the morning it burst into flames.
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"In the heat of their anger they murdered their rulers. Their kings have been assassinated one after another, but no one prays to me for help."
Micah 3:2
yet you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
Micah 3:3
You eat my people up. You strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot.
Micah 3:9-11
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Listen to me, you rulers of Israel, you that hate justice and turn right into wrong.
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You are building God's city, Jerusalem, on a foundation of murder and injustice.
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The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money---and they all claim that the LORD is with them. "No harm will come to us," they say. "The LORD is with us."
Micah 7:8
Our enemies have no reason to gloat over us. We have fallen, but we will rise again. We are in darkness now, but the LORD will give us light.
Zephaniah 3:3
Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.
James 2:6
But you dishonor the poor! Who are the ones who oppress you and drag you before the judges? The rich!
James 2:7
They are the ones who speak evil of that good name which has been given to you.
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Ezekiel 22:13
"I will bring my fist down on your robberies and murders.
Matthew 21:13
and said to them, "It is written in the Scriptures that God said, 'My Temple will be called a house of prayer.' But you are making it a hideout for thieves!"
James 5:1-4
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And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!
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Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.
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Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you and will eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days.
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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.