Bible Cross References
get me
Amos 4:1
Listen to this, you women of Samaria, who grow fat like the well-fed cows of Bashan, who mistreat the weak, oppress the poor, and demand that your husbands keep you supplied with liquor!
Micah 3:1
Listen, you rulers of Israel! You are supposed to be concerned about justice,
Malachi 2:7
It is the duty of priests to teach the true knowledge of God. People should go to them to learn my will, because they are the messengers of the LORD Almighty.
but these
Jeremiah 6:13
Everyone, great and small, tries to make money dishonestly; even prophets and priests cheat the people.
Psalm 2:2
Their kings revolt, their rulers plot together against the LORD and against the king he chose.
Psalm 2:3
"Let us free ourselves from their rule," they say; "let us throw off their control."
Ezekiel 22:6-8
6
All Israel's leaders trust in their own strength and commit murder.
7
None of you in the city honor your parents. You cheat foreigners and take advantage of widows and orphans.
8
You have no respect for the holy places, and you don't keep the Sabbath.
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.
Micah 3:1-4
1
Listen, you rulers of Israel! You are supposed to be concerned about justice,
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.
3
You eat my people up. You strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot.
4
The time is coming when you will cry out to the LORD, but he will not answer you. He will not listen to your prayers, for you have done evil.
Micah 3:11-4
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.
Zephaniah 3:3-5
3
Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.
4
The prophets are irresponsible and treacherous; the priests defile what is sacred, and twist the law of God to their own advantage.
5
But the LORD is still in the city; he does what is right and never what is wrong. Every morning without fail, he brings justice to his people. And yet the unrighteous people there keep on doing wrong and are not ashamed.
Matthew 19:23-26
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Jesus then said to his disciples, "I assure you: it will be very hard for rich people to enter the Kingdom of heaven.
24
I repeat: it is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle."
25
When the disciples heard this, they were completely amazed. "Who, then, can be saved?" they asked.
26
Jesus looked straight at them and answered, "This is impossible for human beings, but for God everything is possible."
Luke 18:24
Jesus saw that he was sad and said, "How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!
Luke 19:14
Now, his own people hated him, and so they sent messengers after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be our king.'
Acts 4:26
The kings of the earth prepared themselves, and the rulers met together against the Lord and his Messiah.'
Acts 4:27
For indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together in this city with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Jesus, your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah.
James 2:5-7
5
Listen, my dear friends! God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.
6
But you dishonor the poor! Who are the ones who oppress you and drag you before the judges? The rich!
7
They are the ones who speak evil of that good name which has been given to you.