Bible Cross References
The iniquity
Ezekiel 7:23
"Everything is in confusion ---the land is full of murders and the cities are full of violence.
Ezekiel 22:2-12
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"Mortal man," he said, "are you ready to judge the city that is full of murderers? Make clear to her all the disgusting things she has done.
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Tell the city what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: Because you have murdered so many of your own people and have defiled yourself by worshiping idols, your time is coming.
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You are guilty of those murders and are defiled by the idols you made, and so your day is coming, your time is up! That is why I have let the nations make fun of you and all the countries sneer at you.
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Countries nearby and countries far away sneer at you because of your lawlessness.
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All Israel's leaders trust in their own strength and commit murder.
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None of you in the city honor your parents. You cheat foreigners and take advantage of widows and orphans.
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You have no respect for the holy places, and you don't keep the Sabbath.
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Some of your people tell lies about others in order to have them put to death. Some of them eat sacrifices offered to idols. Some are always satisfying their lusts.
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Some of them sleep with their father's wife. Some force women to have intercourse with them during their period.
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Some commit adultery, and others seduce their daughters-in-law or their half sisters.
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Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Ezekiel 22:25-31
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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.
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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.
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The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich.
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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.
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The wealthy cheat and rob. They mistreat the poor and take advantage of foreigners.
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I looked for someone who could build a wall, who could stand in the places where the walls have crumbled and defend the land when my anger is about to destroy it, but I could find no one.
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So I will turn my anger loose on them, and like a fire I will destroy them for what they have done." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Deuteronomy 31:29
I know that after my death the people will become wicked and reject what I have taught them. And in time to come they will meet with disaster, because they will have made the LORD angry by doing what he has forbidden."
Deuteronomy 32:5
But you are unfaithful, unworthy to be his people, a sinful and deceitful nation.
Deuteronomy 32:15-22
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"The LORD's people grew rich, but rebellious; they were fat and stuffed with food. They abandoned God their Creator and rejected their mighty savior.
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Their idolatry made the LORD jealous; the evil they did made him angry.
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They sacrificed to gods that are not real, new gods their ancestors had never known, gods that Israel had never obeyed.
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They forgot their God, their mighty savior, the one who had given them life.
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"When the LORD saw this, he was angry and rejected his sons and daughters.
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'I will no longer help them,' he said; 'then I will see what happens to them, those stubborn, unfaithful people.
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With their idols they have made me angry, jealous with their so-called gods, gods that are really not gods. So I will use a so-called nation to make them angry; I will make them jealous with a nation of fools.
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My anger will flame up like fire and burn everything on earth. It will reach to the world below and consume the roots of the mountains.
2 Kings 17:7-23
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Samaria fell because the Israelites sinned against the LORD their God, who had rescued them from the king of Egypt and had led them out of Egypt. They worshiped other gods,
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followed the customs of the people whom the LORD had driven out as his people advanced, and adopted customs introduced by the kings of Israel.
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The Israelites did things that the LORD their God disapproved of. They built pagan places of worship in all their towns, from the smallest village to the largest city.
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On all the hills and under every shady tree they put up stone pillars and images of the goddess Asherah,
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and they burned incense on all the pagan altars, following the practice of the people whom the LORD had driven out of the land. They aroused the LORD's anger with all their wicked deeds
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and disobeyed the LORD's command not to worship idols.
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The LORD had sent his messengers and prophets to warn Israel and Judah: "Abandon your evil ways and obey my commands, which are contained in the Law I gave to your ancestors and which I handed on to you through my servants the prophets."
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But they would not obey; they were stubborn like their ancestors, who had not trusted in the LORD their God.
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They refused to obey his instructions, they did not keep the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they disregarded his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols and became worthless themselves, and they followed the customs of the surrounding nations, disobeying the LORD's command not to imitate them.
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They broke all the laws of the LORD their God and made two metal bull-calves to worship; they also made an image of the goddess Asherah, worshiped the stars, and served the god Baal.
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They sacrificed their sons and daughters as burnt offerings to pagan gods; they consulted mediums and fortunetellers, and they devoted themselves completely to doing what is wrong in the LORD's sight, and so aroused his anger.
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The LORD was angry with the Israelites and banished them from his sight, leaving only the kingdom of Judah.
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But even the people of Judah did not obey the laws of the LORD their God; they imitated the customs adopted by the people of Israel.
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The LORD rejected all the Israelites, punishing them and handing them over to cruel enemies until at last he had banished them from his sight.
21
After the LORD had separated Israel from Judah, the Israelites made Jeroboam son of Nebat their king. Jeroboam caused them to abandon the LORD and led them into terrible sins.
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They followed Jeroboam and continued to practice all the sins he had committed,
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until at last the LORD banished them from his sight, as he had warned through his servants the prophets that he would do. So the people of Israel were taken into exile to Assyria, where they still live.
2 Chronicles 36:14-16
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In addition, the leaders of Judah, the priests, and the people followed the sinful example of the nations around them in worshiping idols, and so they defiled the Temple, which the LORD himself had made holy.
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The LORD, the God of their ancestors, had continued to send prophets to warn his people, because he wanted to spare them and the Temple.
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But they made fun of God's messengers, ignoring his words and laughing at his prophets, until at last the LORD's anger against his people was so great that there was no escape.
Isaiah 1:4
You are doomed, you sinful nation, you corrupt and evil people! Your sins drag you down! You have rejected the LORD, the holy God of Israel, and have turned your backs on him.
Isaiah 59:2-8
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It is because of your sins that he doesn't hear you. It is your sins that separate you from God when you try to worship him.
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You are guilty of lying, violence, and murder.
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You go to court, but you do not have justice on your side. You depend on lies to win your case. You carry out your plans to hurt others.
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The evil plots you make are as deadly as the eggs of a poisonous snake. Crush an egg, out comes a snake! But your plots will do you no good---they are as useless as clothing made of cobwebs!
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You are always planning something evil, and you can hardly wait to do it. You never hesitate to murder innocent people. You leave ruin and destruction wherever you go,
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and no one is safe when you are around. Everything you do is unjust. You follow a crooked path, and no one who walks that path will ever be safe.
Isaiah 59:12-15
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" LORD, our crimes against you are many. Our sins accuse us. We are well aware of them all.
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We have rebelled against you, rejected you, and refused to follow you. We have oppressed others and turned away from you. Our thoughts are false; our words are lies.
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Justice is driven away, and right cannot come near. Truth stumbles in the public square, and honesty finds no place there.
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There is so little honesty that those who stop doing evil find themselves the victims of crime." The LORD has seen this, and he is displeased that there is no justice.
Jeremiah 5:1-9
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People of Jerusalem, run through your streets! Look around! See for yourselves! Search the marketplaces! Can you find one person who does what is right and tries to be faithful to God? If you can, the LORD will forgive Jerusalem.
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Even though you claim to worship the LORD, you do not mean what you say.
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Surely the LORD looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention; he crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.
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Then I thought, "These are only the poor and ignorant. They behave foolishly; they don't know what their God requires, what the LORD wants them to do.
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I will go to the people in power and talk with them. Surely they know what their God requires, what the LORD wants them to do." But all of them have rejected the LORD's authority and refuse to obey him.
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That is why lions from the forest will kill them; wolves from the desert will tear them to pieces, and leopards will prowl through their towns. If those people go out, they will be torn apart because their sins are numerous and time after time they have turned from God.
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The LORD asked, "Why should I forgive the sins of my people? They have abandoned me and have worshiped gods that are not real. I fed my people until they were full, but they committed adultery and spent their time with prostitutes.
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They were like well-fed stallions wild with desire, each lusting for his neighbor's wife.
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Shouldn't I punish them for these things and take revenge on a nation such as this?
Jeremiah 7:8
"Look, you put your trust in deceitful words.
Jeremiah 7:9
You steal, murder, commit adultery, tell lies under oath, offer sacrifices to Baal, and worship gods that you had not known before.
Micah 3:9-12
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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."
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And so, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.
Zephaniah 3:1-4
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Jerusalem is doomed, that corrupt, rebellious city that oppresses its own people.
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It has not listened to the LORD or accepted his discipline. It has not put its trust in the LORD or asked for his help.
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Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.
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The prophets are irresponsible and treacherous; the priests defile what is sacred, and twist the law of God to their own advantage.
and the land
Ezekiel 8:17
The LORD said to me, "Mortal man, do you see that? These people of Judah are not satisfied with merely doing all the disgusting things you have seen here and with spreading violence throughout the country. No, they must come and do them right here in the Temple and make me even more angry. Look how they insult me in the most offensive way possible!
2 Kings 21:16
Manasseh killed so many innocent people that the streets of Jerusalem were flowing with blood; he did this in addition to leading the people of Judah into idolatry, causing them to sin against the LORD.
2 Kings 24:4
and especially because of all the innocent people he had killed. The LORD could not forgive Manasseh for that.
Jeremiah 2:34
Your clothes are stained with the blood of the poor and innocent, not with the blood of burglars. "But in spite of all this,
Jeremiah 22:17
But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The LORD has spoken.
Lamentations 4:13
But it happened, because her prophets sinned and her priests were guilty of causing the death of innocent people.
Lamentations 4:14
Her leaders wandered through the streets as though blind, so stained with blood that no one would touch them.
Matthew 23:35-37
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As a result, the punishment for the murder of all innocent people will fall on you, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.
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I tell you indeed: the punishment for all these murders will fall on the people of this day!
37
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!
Luke 11:50
So the people of this time will be punished for the murder of all the prophets killed since the creation of the world,
full of
Ezekiel 22:27-29
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The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich.
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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.
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The wealthy cheat and rob. They mistreat the poor and take advantage of foreigners.
Micah 3:1-3
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Listen, you rulers of Israel! You are supposed to be concerned about justice,
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yet you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
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You eat my people up. You strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot.
Micah 7:3
They are all experts at doing evil. Officials and judges ask for bribes. The influential people tell them what they want, and so they scheme together.
Micah 7:4
Even the best and most honest of them are as worthless as weeds. The day has come when God will punish the people, as he warned them through their watchmen, the prophets. Now they are in confusion.
The Lord hath
Ezekiel 8:12
God asked me, "Mortal man, do you see what the Israelite leaders are doing in secret? They are all worshiping in a room full of images. Their excuse is: 'The LORD doesn't see us! He has abandoned the country.' "
Job 22:13
And yet you ask, "What does God know? He is hidden by clouds---how can he judge us?"
Psalm 10:11
The wicked say to themselves, "God doesn't care! He has closed his eyes and will never see me!"
Psalm 94:7
They say, "The LORD does not see us; the God of Israel does not notice."
Isaiah 29:15
Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are doomed! They carry out their schemes in secret and think no one will see them or know what they are doing.