Jeremiah 5:27

American Standard Version (1901)

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:11-13 : 11 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;
  • Jer 9:6 : 6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.
  • Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, 5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit; 6 that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
  • Mic 1:12 : 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
  • Hab 2:9-9 : 9 Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil! 10 Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
  • Rev 18:2 : 2 And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 5:26
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    26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

  • Prov 1:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

    18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

    19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

  • Hab 2:9
    75%

    9Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

  • Mic 6:12
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    12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  • Jer 17:11
    73%

    11As the partridge that sitteth on [eggs] which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

  • Job 27:18
    72%

    18He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

  • Ps 10:9
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    9He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

  • Prov 23:5
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    5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

  • Ps 73:6-7
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    71%

    6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

    7Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

  • Jer 9:5-6
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    71%

    5And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

    6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

  • Amos 5:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

    12For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right] .

  • Hos 7:3
    71%

    3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

  • Prov 29:5-6
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    71%

    5A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

    6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 15:6
    71%

    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Mic 2:2
    71%

    2And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  • Jer 6:13
    71%

    13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

  • Ps 55:11
    71%

    11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Job 15:35
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    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

  • Job 22:18
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    18Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Amos 3:5
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    5Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is [set] for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

  • Prov 15:27
    70%

    27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.

  • Prov 23:28
    70%

    28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

  • Ps 64:5
    70%

    5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

  • Prov 28:15
    70%

    15[ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

  • Eccl 5:13
    70%

    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

  • Prov 27:8
    69%

    8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

  • Ezek 22:27
    69%

    27Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

  • Mic 6:10
    69%

    10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

  • Jer 18:22
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    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Jer 22:14
    69%

    14that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

  • Ps 17:10
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    10They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.

  • Jer 5:16
    69%

    16Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

  • Job 12:6
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    6The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly] .

  • Ps 5:9
    69%

    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

  • Job 5:5
    69%

    5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.

  • Job 15:28
    69%

    28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

  • Jer 9:8
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    8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.