Verse 18
Their drink{H5435} is become sour;{H5493} they play the harlot{H2181} continually;{H2181} her rulers{H4043} dearly{H3051} love{H157} shame.{H7036}
Referenced Verses
- Mic 3:11 : 11 The heads{H7218} thereof judge{H8199} for reward,{H7810} and the priests{H3548} thereof teach{H3384} for hire,{H4242} and the prophets{H5030} thereof divine{H7080} for money:{H3701} yet they lean{H8172} upon Jehovah,{H3068} and say,{H559} Is not Jehovah{H3068} in the midst{H7130} of us? no evil{H7451} shall come{H935} upon us.
- Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands{H3709} are upon that which is evil{H7451} to do it diligently;{H3190} the prince{H8269} asketh,{H7592} and the judge{H8199} [is ready] for a reward;{H7966} and the great{H1419} man, he uttereth{H1696} the evil{H1942} desire{H5315} of his soul: thus they weave{H5686} it together.
- Exod 23:8 : 8 And thou shalt take{H3947} no bribe:{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} blindeth{H5786} them that have sight,{H6493} and perverteth{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662}
- Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest{H5186} justice:{H4941} thou shalt not respect{H5234} persons;{H6440} neither shalt thou take{H3947} a bribe;{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} doth blind{H5786} the eyes{H5869} of the wise,{H2450} and pervert{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662}
- Deut 32:32-33 : 32 For their vine{H1612} is of the vine{H1612} of Sodom,{H5467} And of the fields{H7709} of Gomorrah:{H6017} Their grapes{H6025} are grapes{H6025} of gall,{H7219} Their clusters{H811} are bitter:{H4846} 33 Their wine{H3196} is the poison{H2534} of serpents,{H8577} And the cruel{H393} venom{H7219} of asps.{H6620}
- 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 And his sons{H1121} walked{H1980} not in his ways,{H1870} but turned aside{H5186} after{H310} lucre,{H1215} and took{H3947} bribes,{H7810} and perverted{H5186} justice.{H4941}
- 1 Sam 12:3-4 : 3 Here I am: witness{H6030} against me before Jehovah,{H3068} and before his anointed:{H4899} whose ox{H7794} have I taken?{H3947} or whose ass{H2543} have I taken?{H3947} or whom have I defrauded?{H6231} whom have I oppressed?{H7533} or of whose hand{H3027} have I taken a ransom{H3724} to blind{H5956} mine eyes{H5869} therewith? and I will restore{H7725} it you. 4 And they said,{H559} Thou hast not defrauded{H6231} us, nor oppressed{H7533} us, neither hast thou taken{H3947} aught{H3972} of any man's{H376} hand.{H3027}
- 2 Kgs 17:7-9 : 7 And it was so, because the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} had sinned{H2398} against Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} who brought them up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} from under the hand{H3027} of Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and had feared{H3372} other{H312} gods,{H430} 8 and walked{H3212} in the statutes{H2708} of the nations,{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} cast out{H3423} from before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and of the kings{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} which they made.{H6213} 9 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did secretly{H2644} things{H1697} that were not right against Jehovah{H3068} their God:{H430} and they built{H1129} them high places{H1116} in all their cities,{H5892} from the tower{H4026} of the watchmen{H5341} to the fortified{H4013} city;{H5892} 10 and they set them up{H5324} pillars{H4676} and Asherim{H842} upon every high{H1364} hill,{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree;{H6086} 11 and there they burnt incense{H6999} in all the high places,{H1116} as did the nations{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} carried away{H1540} before{H6440} them; and they wrought{H6213} wicked{H7451} things{H1697} to provoke Jehovah{H3068} to anger;{H3707} 12 and they served{H5647} idols,{H1544} whereof Jehovah{H3068} had said{H559} unto them, Ye shall not do{H6213} this thing.{H1697} 13 Yet Jehovah{H3068} testified{H5749} unto Israel,{H3478} and unto Judah,{H3063} by{H3027} every prophet,{H5030} and every seer,{H2374} saying,{H559} Turn{H7725} ye from your evil{H7451} ways,{H1870} and keep{H8104} my commandments{H4687} and my statutes,{H2708} according to all the law{H8451} which I commanded{H6680} your fathers,{H1} and which I sent{H7971} to you by{H3027} my servants{H5650} the prophets.{H5030} 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear,{H8085} but hardened{H7185} their neck,{H6203} like to the neck{H6203} of their fathers,{H1} who believed{H539} not in Jehovah{H3068} their God.{H430} 15 And they rejected{H3988} his statutes,{H2706} and his covenant{H1285} that he made{H3772} with their fathers,{H1} and his testimonies{H5715} which he testified{H5749} unto them; and they followed{H3212} vanity,{H1892} and became vain,{H1891} and [went] after{H310} the nations{H1471} that were round about{H5439} them, concerning whom Jehovah{H3068} had charged{H6680} them that they should not do{H6213} like them. 16 And they forsook{H5800} all the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} and made{H6213} them molten images,{H4541} even two{H8147} calves,{H5695} and made{H6213} an Asherah,{H842} and worshipped{H7812} all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and served{H5647} Baal.{H1168} 17 And they caused their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323} to pass{H5674} through the fire,{H784} and used{H7080} divination{H7081} and enchantments,{H5172} and sold{H4376} themselves to do{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke him to anger.{H3707}
- Ps 47:9 : 9 The princes{H5081} of the peoples{H5971} are gathered together{H622} [To be] the people{H5971} of the God{H430} of Abraham:{H85} For the shields{H4043} of the earth{H776} belong unto God;{H430} He is greatly{H3966} exalted.{H5927}
- Prov 30:15-16 : 15 The horseleach{H5936} hath two{H8147} daughters,{H1323} [crying], Give,{H3051} give.{H3051} There are three{H7969} things that are never satisfied,{H7646} [Yea], four{H702} that say{H559} not, Enough:{H1952} 16 Sheol;{H7585} And the barren{H6115} womb;{H7356} The earth{H776} that is not satisfied{H7646} with water;{H4325} And the fire{H784} that saith{H559} not, Enough.{H1952}
- Isa 1:21-22 : 21 How is the faithful{H539} city{H7151} become a harlot!{H2181} she that was full{H4392} of justice!{H4941} righteousness{H6664} lodged{H3885} in her, but now murderers.{H7523} 22 Thy silver{H3701} is become dross,{H5509} thy wine{H5435} mixed{H4107} with water.{H4325}
- Jer 2:21 : 21 Yet I had planted{H5193} thee a noble vine,{H8321} wholly a right{H571} seed:{H2233} how then art thou turned{H2015} into the degenerate branches{H5494} of a foreign{H5237} vine{H1612} unto me?
- Hos 4:2 : 2 There is nought but swearing{H422} and breaking faith,{H3584} and killing,{H7523} and stealing,{H1589} and committing adultery;{H5003} they break out,{H6555} and blood{H1818} toucheth{H5060} blood.{H1818}
- Hos 4:10 : 10 And they shall eat,{H398} and not have enough;{H7646} they shall play the harlot,{H2181} and shall not increase;{H6555} because they have left off{H5800} taking heed{H8104} to Jehovah.{H3068}
- Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know{H3045} how manifold{H7227} are your transgressions,{H6588} and how mighty{H6099} are your sins—{H2403} ye that afflict{H6887} the just,{H6662} that take{H3947} a bribe,{H3724} and that turn aside{H5186} the needy{H34} in the gate{H8179} [from their right].