Bible Cross References
the rich
Micah 2:1
How terrible it will be for those who lie awake and plan evil! When morning comes, as soon as they have the chance, they do the evil they planned.
Micah 2:2
When they want fields, they seize them; when they want houses, they take them. No one's family or property is safe.
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 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 7:2-6
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There is not an honest person left in the land, no one loyal to God. Everyone is waiting for a chance to commit murder. Everyone hunts down their own people.
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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.
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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.
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Don't believe your neighbor or trust your friend. Be careful what you say even to your husband or wife.
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In these times sons treat their fathers like fools, daughters oppose their mothers, and young women quarrel with their mothers-in-law; your enemies are the members of your own family.
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.
Isaiah 5:7
Israel is the vineyard of the LORD Almighty; the people of Judah are the vines he planted. He expected them to do what was good, but instead they committed murder. He expected them to do what was right, but their victims cried out for justice.
Jeremiah 5:5
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.
Jeremiah 5:6
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.
Jeremiah 5:26-29
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"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.
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Just as a hunter fills a cage with birds, they have filled their houses with loot. That is why they are powerful and rich,
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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.
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"But I, the LORD, will punish them for these things; I will take revenge on this nation.
Jeremiah 6:6
The LORD Almighty has ordered these kings to cut down trees and build mounds in order to besiege Jerusalem. He has said, "I will punish this city because it is full of oppression.
Jeremiah 6:7
As a well keeps its water fresh, so Jerusalem keeps its evil fresh. I hear violence and destruction in the city; sickness and wounds are all I see.
Ezekiel 22:6-13
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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.
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"I will bring my fist down on your robberies and murders.
Ezekiel 22:25-29
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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.
Hosea 4:1
The LORD has an accusation to bring against the people who live in this land. Listen, Israel, to what he says: "There is no faithfulness or love in the land, and the people do not acknowledge me as God.
Hosea 4:2
They make promises and break them; they lie, murder, steal, and commit adultery. Crimes increase, and there is one murder after another.
Amos 5:11
You have oppressed the poor and robbed them of their grain. And so you will not live in the fine stone houses you build or drink wine from the beautiful vineyards you plant.
Amos 5:12
I know how terrible your sins are and how many crimes you have committed. You persecute good people, take bribes, and prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.
Amos 6:1-3
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How terrible it will be for you that have such an easy life in Zion and for you that feel safe in Samaria---you great leaders of this great nation Israel, you to whom the people go for help!
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Go and look at the city of Calneh. Then go on to the great city of Hamath and on down to the Philistine city of Gath. Were they any better than the kingdoms of Judah and Israel? Was their territory larger than yours?
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You refuse to admit that a day of disaster is coming, but what you do only brings that day closer.
Zephaniah 3:3
Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.
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Isaiah 59:3-15
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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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(SEE 59:5)
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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.
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The people say, "Now we know why God does not save us from those who oppress us. We hope for light to walk by, but there is only darkness,
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and we grope about like blind people. We stumble at noon, as if it were night, as if we were in the dark world of the dead.
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We are frightened and distressed. We long for God to save us from oppression and wrong, but nothing happens.
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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 9:2-6
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I wish I had a place to stay in the desert where I could get away from my people. They are all unfaithful, a mob of traitors.
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They are always ready to tell lies; dishonesty instead of truth rules the land. The LORD says, "My people do one evil thing after another and do not acknowledge me as their God."
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Everyone must be on guard against their friends, and no one can trust their relatives; for all relatives are as deceitful as Jacob, and everyone slanders their friends.
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They all mislead their friends, and no one tells the truth; they have taught their tongues to lie and will not give up their sinning. They do one violent thing after another, and one deceitful act follows another. The LORD says that his people reject him.
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(SEE 9:5)
Jeremiah 9:8-6
Hosea 7:1
"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.
Hosea 7:13
"They are doomed! They have left me and rebelled against me. They will be destroyed. I wanted to save them, but their worship of me was false.
Romans 3:13
Their words are full of deadly deceit; wicked lies roll off their tongues, and dangerous threats, like snake's poison, from their lips;