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Verse 12

For the rich men{H6223} thereof are full{H4390} of violence,{H2555} and the inhabitants{H3427} thereof have spoken{H1696} lies,{H8267} and their tongue{H3956} is deceitful{H7423} in their mouth.{H6310}

Referenced Verses

Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes{H8269} are rebellious,{H5637} and companions{H2270} of thieves;{H1590} every one loveth{H157} bribes,{H7810} and followeth{H7291} after rewards:{H8021} they judge{H8199} not the fatherless,{H3490} neither doth the cause{H7379} of the widow{H490} come{H935} unto them.
Jer 9:8 : 8 Their tongue{H3956} is a deadly{H7819} arrow;{H2671} it speaketh{H1696} deceit:{H4820} one speaketh{H1696} peaceably{H7965} to his neighbor{H7453} with his mouth,{H6310} but in his heart{H7130} he layeth{H7760} wait{H696} for him.
Hos 7:13 : 13 Woe{H188} unto them! for they have wandered{H5074} from me; destruction{H7701} unto them! for they have trespassed{H6586} against me: though I would redeem{H6299} them, yet they have spoken{H1696} lies{H3577} against me.
Jer 9:2-6 : 2 Oh that{H5414} I had in the wilderness{H4057} a lodging-place{H4411} of wayfaring men;{H732} that I might leave{H5800} my people,{H5971} and go{H3212} from them! for they are all adulterers,{H5003} an assembly{H6116} of treacherous men.{H898} 3 And they bend{H1869} their tongue,{H3956} [as it were] their bow,{H7198} for falsehood;{H8267} and they are grown strong{H1396} in the land,{H776} but not for truth:{H530} for they proceed{H3318} from evil{H7451} to evil,{H7451} and they know{H3045} not me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 4 Take ye heed{H8104} every one{H376} of his neighbor,{H7453} and trust{H982} ye not in any brother;{H251} for every brother{H251} will utterly{H6117} supplant,{H6117} and every neighbor{H7453} will go{H1980} about with slanders.{H7400} 5 And they will deceive{H2048} every one{H376} his neighbor,{H7453} and will not speak{H1696} the truth:{H571} they have taught{H3925} their tongue{H3956} to speak{H1696} lies;{H8267} they weary{H3811} themselves to commit iniquity.{H5753} 6 Thy habitation{H3427} is in the midst{H8432} of deceit;{H4820} through deceit{H4820} they refuse{H3985} to know{H3045} me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that devise{H2803} iniquity{H205} and work{H6466} evil{H7451} upon their beds!{H4904} when the morning{H1242} is light,{H216} they practise{H6213} it, because it is{H3426} in the power{H410} of their hand.{H3027} 2 And they covet{H2530} fields,{H7704} and seize{H1497} them; and houses,{H1004} and take them away:{H5375} and they oppress{H6231} a man{H1397} and his house,{H1004} even a man{H376} and his heritage.{H5159}
Isa 3:8 : 8 For Jerusalem{H3389} is ruined,{H3782} and Judah{H3063} is fallen;{H5307} because their tongue{H3956} and their doings{H4611} are against Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke{H4784} the eyes{H5869} of his glory.{H3519}
Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard{H3754} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} and the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} his pleasant{H8191} plant:{H5194} and he looked{H6960} for justice,{H4941} but, behold, oppression;{H4939} for righteousness,{H6666} but, behold, a cry.{H6818}
Isa 59:3-9 : 3 For your hands{H3709} are defiled{H1351} with blood,{H1818} and your fingers{H676} with iniquity;{H5771} your lips{H8193} have spoken{H1696} lies,{H8267} your tongue{H3956} muttereth{H1897} wickedness.{H5766} 4 None sueth{H7121} in righteousness,{H6664} and none pleadeth{H8199} in truth:{H530} they trust{H982} in vanity,{H8414} and speak{H1696} lies;{H7723} they conceive{H2029} mischief,{H5999} and bring forth{H3205} iniquity.{H205} 5 They hatch{H1234} adders'{H6848} eggs,{H1000} and weave{H707} the spider's{H5908} web:{H6980} he that eateth{H398} of their eggs{H1000} dieth;{H4191} and that which is crushed{H2116} breaketh out{H1234} into a viper.{H660} 6 Their webs{H6980} shall not become garments,{H899} neither shall they cover{H3680} themselves with their works:{H4639} their works{H4639} are works{H4639} of iniquity,{H205} and the act{H6467} of violence{H2555} is in their hands.{H3709} 7 Their feet{H7272} run{H7323} to evil,{H7451} and they make haste{H4116} to shed{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood:{H1818} their thoughts{H4284} are thoughts{H4284} of iniquity;{H205} desolation{H7701} and destruction{H7667} are in their paths.{H4546} 8 The way{H1870} of peace{H7965} they know{H3045} not; and there is no justice{H4941} in their goings:{H4570} they have made them crooked{H6140} paths;{H5410} whosoever goeth{H1869} therein doth not know{H3045} peace.{H7965} 9 Therefore is justice{H4941} far{H7368} from us, neither doth righteousness{H6666} overtake{H5381} us: we look{H6960} for light,{H216} but, behold, darkness;{H2822} for brightness,{H5054} but we walk{H1980} in obscurity.{H653} 10 We grope{H1659} for the wall{H7023} like the blind;{H5787} yea, we grope{H1659} as they that have no eyes:{H5869} we stumble{H3782} at noonday{H6672} as in the twilight;{H5399} among them that are lusty{H820} we are as dead{H4191} men. 11 We roar{H1993} all like bears,{H1677} and moan{H1897} sore{H1897} like doves:{H3123} we look{H6960} for justice,{H4941} but there is none; for salvation,{H3444} but it is far off{H7368} from us. 12 For our transgressions{H6588} are multiplied{H7231} before thee, and our sins{H2403} testify{H6030} against us; for our transgressions{H6588} are with us, and as for our iniquities,{H5771} we know{H3045} them: 13 transgressing{H6586} and denying{H3584} Jehovah,{H3068} and turning away{H5253} from{H310} following our God,{H430} speaking{H1696} oppression{H6233} and revolt,{H5627} conceiving{H2029} and uttering{H1897} from the heart{H3820} words{H1697} of falsehood.{H8267} 14 And justice{H4941} is turned away{H5253} backward,{H268} and righteousness{H6666} standeth{H5975} afar off;{H7350} for truth{H571} is fallen{H3782} in the street,{H7339} and uprightness{H5229} cannot{H3201} enter.{H935} 15 Yea, truth{H571} is lacking;{H5737} and he that departeth{H5493} from evil{H7451} maketh himself a prey.{H7997} And Jehovah{H3068} saw{H7200} it, and it displeased{H3415} him that there was no justice.{H4941}
Jer 5:5-6 : 5 I will get{H3212} me unto the great men,{H1419} and will speak{H1696} unto them; for they know{H3045} the way{H1870} of Jehovah,{H3068} and the law{H4941} of their God.{H430} But these with one accord{H3162} have broken{H7665} the yoke,{H5923} and burst{H5423} the bonds.{H4147} 6 Wherefore a lion{H738} out of the forest{H3293} shall slay{H5221} them, a wolf{H2061} of the evenings{H6160} shall destroy{H7703} them, a leopard{H5246} shall watch{H8245} against their cities;{H5892} every one that goeth out{H3318} thence shall{H2007} be torn in pieces;{H2963} because their transgressions{H6588} are many,{H7231} [and] their backslidings{H4878} are increased.{H6105}
Jer 5:26-29 : 26 For among my people{H5971} are found{H4672} wicked{H7563} men: they watch,{H7918} as fowlers{H3353} lie in wait;{H7789} they set{H5324} a trap,{H4889} they catch{H3920} men.{H582} 27 As a cage{H3619} is full{H4392} of birds,{H5775} so are their houses{H1004} full{H4392} of deceit:{H4820} therefore they are become great,{H1431} and waxed rich.{H6238} 28 They are waxed fat,{H8080} they shine:{H6245} yea, they overpass{H5674} in deeds{H1697} of wickedness;{H7451} they plead{H1777} not the cause,{H1779} the cause of the fatherless,{H3490} that they may prosper;{H6743} and the right{H4941} of the needy{H34} do they not judge.{H8199} 29 Shall I not visit{H6485} for these things? saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} shall not my soul{H5315} be avenged{H5358} on such a nation{H1471} as this?
Jer 6:6-7 : 6 For thus hath Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} said,{H559} Hew ye down{H3772} trees,{H6097} and cast{H8210} up a mound{H5550} against Jerusalem:{H3389} this is the city{H5892} to be visited;{H6485} she is wholly oppression{H6233} in the midst{H7130} of her. 7 As a well{H953} casteth forth{H6979} its waters,{H4325} so she casteth forth{H6979} her wickedness:{H7451} violence{H2555} and destruction{H7701} is heard{H8085} in her; before me{H6440} continually{H8548} is sickness{H2483} and wounds.{H4347}
Ezek 22:6-9 : 6 Behold, the princes{H5387} of Israel,{H3478} every one{H376} according to his power,{H2220} have been in thee to shed{H8210} blood.{H1818} 7 In thee have they set light{H7043} by father{H1} and mother;{H517} in the midst{H8432} of thee have they dealt{H6213} by oppression{H6233} with the sojourner;{H1616} in thee have they wronged{H3238} the fatherless{H3490} and the widow.{H490} 8 Thou hast despised{H959} my holy things,{H6944} and hast profaned{H2490} my sabbaths.{H7676} 9 Slanderous{H7400} men{H582} have been in thee to shed{H8210} blood;{H1818} and in thee they have eaten{H398} upon the mountains:{H2022} in the midst{H8432} of thee they have committed{H6213} lewdness.{H2154} 10 In thee have they uncovered{H1540} their fathers'{H1} nakedness;{H6172} in thee have they humbled{H6031} her that was unclean{H5079} in her impurity.{H2931} 11 And one{H376} hath committed{H6213} abomination{H8441} with his neighbor's{H7453} wife;{H802} and another{H376} hath lewdly{H2154} defiled{H2930} his daughter-in-law;{H3618} and another{H376} in thee hath humbled{H6031} his sister,{H269} his father's{H1} daughter.{H1323} 12 In thee have they taken{H3947} bribes{H7810} to shed{H8210} blood;{H1818} thou hast taken{H3947} interest{H5392} and increase,{H8636} and thou hast greedily gained{H1214} of thy neighbors{H7453} by oppression,{H6233} and hast forgotten{H7911} me, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069} 13 Behold, therefore, I have smitten{H5221} my hand{H3709} at thy dishonest gain{H1215} which thou hast made,{H6213} and at thy blood{H1818} which hath been in the midst{H8432} of thee.
Ezek 22:25-29 : 25 There is a conspiracy{H7195} of her prophets{H5030} in the midst{H8432} thereof, like a roaring{H7580} lion{H738} ravening{H2963} the prey:{H2964} they have devoured{H398} souls;{H5315} they take{H3947} treasure{H2633} and precious things;{H3366} they have made her widows{H490} many{H7235} in the midst{H8432} thereof. 26 Her priests{H3548} have done violence{H2554} to my law,{H8451} and have profaned{H2490} my holy things:{H6944} they have made no distinction{H914} between the holy{H6944} and the common,{H2455} neither have they caused men to discern{H3045} between the unclean{H2931} and the clean,{H2889} and have hid{H5956} their eyes{H5869} from my sabbaths,{H7676} and I am profaned{H2490} among{H8432} them. 27 Her princes{H8269} in the midst{H7130} thereof are like wolves{H2061} ravening{H2963} the prey,{H2964} to shed{H8210} blood,{H1818} [and] to destroy{H6} souls,{H5315} that they may get{H1214} dishonest gain.{H1215} 28 And her prophets{H5030} have daubed{H2902} for them with untempered{H8602} [mortar], seeing{H2374} false{H7723} visions, and divining{H7080} lies{H3577} unto them, saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3068} when Jehovah{H3068} hath not spoken.{H1696} 29 The people{H5971} of the land{H776} have used oppression,{H6231} and exercised{H1497} robbery;{H1498} yea, they have vexed{H3238} the poor{H6041} and needy,{H34} and have oppressed{H6231} the sojourner{H1616} wrongfully.{H4941}
Hos 4:1-2 : 1 Hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} ye children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} for Jehovah{H3068} hath a controversy{H7379} with the inhabitants{H3427} of the land,{H776} because there is no truth,{H571} nor goodness,{H2617} nor knowledge{H1847} of God{H430} in the land.{H776} 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 7:1 : 1 When I would heal{H7495} Israel,{H3478} then is the iniquity{H5771} of Ephraim{H669} uncovered,{H1540} and the wickedness{H7451} of Samaria;{H8111} for they commit{H6466} falsehood,{H8267} and the thief{H1590} entereth in,{H935} and the troop{H1416} of robbers ravageth{H6584} without.{H2351}
Mic 3:1-3 : 1 And I said,{H559} Hear,{H8085} I pray you, ye heads{H7218} of Jacob,{H3290} and rulers{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel:{H3478} is it not for you to know{H3045} justice?{H4941} 2 ye who hate{H8130} the good,{H2896} and love{H157} the evil;{H7451} who pluck off{H1497} their skin{H5785} from off them, and their flesh{H7607} from off their bones;{H6106} 3 who also eat{H398} the flesh{H7607} of my people,{H5971} and flay{H6584} their skin{H5785} from off them, and break{H6476} their bones,{H6106} and chop them in pieces,{H6566} as for the pot,{H5518} and as flesh{H1320} within{H8432} the caldron.{H7037}
Mic 3:9-9 : 9 Hear{H8085} this, I pray you, ye heads{H7218} of the house{H1004} of Jacob,{H3290} and rulers{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} that abhor{H8581} justice,{H4941} and pervert{H6140} all equity.{H3477} 10 They build up{H1129} Zion{H6726} with blood,{H1818} and Jerusalem{H3389} with iniquity.{H5766} 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 7:2-6 : 2 The godly{H2623} man is perished{H6} out of the earth,{H776} and there is none upright{H3477} among men:{H120} they all lie in wait{H693} for blood;{H1818} they hunt{H6679} every man{H376} his brother{H251} with a net.{H2764} 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. 4 The best{H2896} of them is as a brier;{H2312} the most upright{H3477} is [worse] than a thorn hedge:{H4534} the day{H3117} of thy watchmen,{H6822} even thy visitation,{H6486} is come;{H935} now shall be their perplexity.{H3998} 5 Trust{H539} ye not in a neighbor;{H7453} put ye not confidence{H982} in a friend;{H441} keep{H8104} the doors{H6607} of thy mouth{H6310} from her that lieth{H7901} in thy bosom.{H2436} 6 For the son{H1121} dishonoreth{H5034} the father,{H1} the daughter{H1323} riseth up{H6965} against her mother,{H517} the daughter-in-law{H2545} against her mother-in-law;{H3618} a man's{H376} enemies{H341} are the men{H582} of his own house.{H1004}
Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes{H8269} in the midst{H7130} of her are roaring{H7580} lions;{H738} her judges{H8199} are evening{H6153} wolves;{H2061} they leave nothing{H1633} till the morrow.{H1242}
Rom 3:13 : 13 Their{G846} throat{G2995} is an open{G455} sepulchre;{G5028} With{G1100} their{G846} tongues{G1100} they have used deceit:{G1387} The poison{G2447} of asps{G785} is under{G5259} their{G846} lips:{G5491}
Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Forasmuch{H3282} therefore as ye trample{H1318} upon the poor,{H1800} and take{H3947} exactions{H4864} from him of wheat:{H1250} ye have built{H1129} houses{H1004} of hewn stone,{H1496} but ye shall not dwell{H3427} in them; ye have planted{H5193} pleasant{H2531} vineyards,{H3754} but ye shall not drink{H8354} the wine{H3196} thereof. 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].
Amos 6:1-3 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that are at ease{H7600} in Zion,{H6726} and to them that are secure{H982} in the mountain{H2022} of Samaria,{H8111} the notable{H5344} men of the chief{H7225} of the nations,{H1471} to whom the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} come!{H935} 2 Pass{H5674} ye unto Calneh,{H3641} and see;{H7200} and from thence go{H3212} ye to Hamath{H2574} the great;{H7227} then go down{H3381} to Gath{H1661} of the Philistines:{H6430} are they better{H2896} than these kingdoms?{H4467} or is their border{H1366} greater{H7227} than your border?{H1366} 3 —ye that put far away{H5077} the evil{H7451} day,{H3117} and cause the seat{H7675} of violence{H2555} to come near;{H5066}