Bible Cross References
like people
Isaiah 9:14-16
14
In a single day the LORD will punish Israel's leaders and its people; he will cut them off, head and tail.
15
The old and honorable men are the head---and the tail is the prophets whose teachings are lies!
16
Those who lead these people have misled them and totally confused them.
Isaiah 24:2
Everyone will meet the same fate---the priests and the people, slaves and masters, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, rich and poor.
Jeremiah 5:31
prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?"
Jeremiah 8:10-12
10
So I will give their fields to new owners and their wives to other men. Everyone, great and small, tries to make money dishonestly. Even prophets and priests cheat the people.
11
They act as if my people's wounds were only scratches. 'All is well,' they say, when all is not well.
12
My people, were you ashamed because you did these disgusting things? No, you were not ashamed at all; you don't even know how to blush! And so you will fall as others have fallen; when I punish you, that will be the end of you. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Jeremiah 23:11
The LORD says, "The prophets and the priests are godless; I have caught them doing evil in the Temple itself.
Jeremiah 23:12
The paths they follow will be slippery and dark; I will make them stumble and fall. I am going to bring disaster on them; the time of their punishment is coming. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Ezekiel 22:26-31
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.
30
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.
31
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.
Matthew 15:14
"Don't worry about them! They are blind leaders of the blind; and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch."
punish
Hosea 1:4
the LORD said to Hosea, "Name him 'Jezreel,' because it will not be long before I punish the king of Israel for the murders that his ancestor Jehu committed at Jezreel. I am going to put an end to Jehu's dynasty.
reward them
Psalm 109:17
He loved to curse---may he be cursed! He hated to give blessings---may no one bless him!
Psalm 109:18
He cursed as naturally as he dressed himself; may his own curses soak into his body like water and into his bones like oil!
Proverbs 5:22
The sins of the wicked are a trap. They get caught in the net of their own sin.
Isaiah 3:10
The righteous will be happy, and things will go well for them. They will get to enjoy what they have worked for.
Zechariah 1:6
Through my servants the prophets I gave your ancestors commands and warnings, but they disregarded them and suffered the consequences. Then they repented and acknowledged that I, the LORD Almighty, had punished them as they deserved and as I had determined to do.' "