Ezekiel 11:2

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Then he said to me, Son of man, these are the men who are designing evil, who are teaching evil ways in this town:

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  • Isa 30:1 : 1 Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:
  • Jer 5:5 : 5 I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord and of the behaviour desired by their God. But as for these, their one purpose is a broken yoke and burst bands.
  • Ps 2:1-2 : 1 Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish? 2 The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.
  • Esth 8:3 : 3 Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power. 2 They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

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    4 For this cause be a prophet against them, be a prophet, O son of man.

  • Ezek 11:1
    77%

    1 And the wind, lifting me up, took me to the east doorway of the Lord's house, looking to the east: and at the door I saw twenty-five men; and among them I saw Jaazaniah, the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, rulers of the people.

  • Nah 1:11
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    11 One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.

  • Ezek 14:2-3
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    2 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    3 Son of man, these men have taken their false gods into their hearts and put before their faces the sin which is the cause of their fall: am I to give ear when they come to me for directions?

  • Jer 11:9
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    9 And the Lord said to me, There is an evil design at work among the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.

  • Ps 55:10-11
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    10 By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

    11 Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8 He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.

  • Ezek 38:10
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    10 This is what the Lord has said: In that day it will come about that things will come into your mind, and you will have thoughts of an evil design:

  • Ezek 22:1-2
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    1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    2 And you, son of man, will you be a judge, will you be a judge of the town of blood? then make clear to her all her disgusting ways.

  • Jer 18:11
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    11 Now, then, say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am forming an evil thing against you, and designing a design against you: let every man come back now from his evil way, and let your ways and your doings be changed for the better.

  • Mic 2:1
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    1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

  • Ezek 8:12-13
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    12 And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.

    13 Then he said to me, You will see even more disgusting things which they do.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20 Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3 Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

  • Ezek 12:1-3
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    1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    2 Son of man, you are living among an uncontrolled people, who have eyes to see but see not, and ears for hearing but they do not give ear; for they are an uncontrolled people.

    3 And you, O son of man, by day, before their eyes, get ready the vessels of one who is taken away, and go away from your place to another place before their eyes: it may be that they will see, though they are an uncontrolled people.

  • Hab 2:12
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    12 A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing!

  • Ezek 33:30
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    30 And as for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking together about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, saying to one another, Come now, give ear to the word which comes from the Lord.

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    9 Son of man, has not Israel, the uncontrolled people, said to you, What are you doing?

  • Ezek 8:9
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    9 And he said to me, Go in and see the evil and disgusting things which they are doing here.

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    26 For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

  • Ezek 11:14
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    14 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Prov 6:14
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    14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

  • Ezek 11:6-7
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    6 You have made great the number of your dead in this town, you have made its streets full of dead men.

    7 For this reason the Lord has said: Your dead whom you have put down in its streets, they are the flesh, and this town is the cooking-pot: but I will make you come out from inside it.

  • Ezek 12:21
    69%

    21 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 22:9
    69%

    9 In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Prov 11:11
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    11 By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

  • Ezek 13:10
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    10 Because, even because they have been guiding my people into error, saying, Peace; when there is no peace; and in the building of a division wall they put whitewash on it:

  • Ezek 13:2
    69%

    2 Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord;

  • Ezek 22:27
    69%

    27 Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.

  • Ezek 11:21
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    21 But as for those whose heart goes after their hated and disgusting things, I will send on their heads the punishment of their ways, says the Lord.

  • Ezek 22:29
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    29 The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.

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    2 Give ear to the words of this agreement, and say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem,

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    2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

  • Ezek 7:26
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    26 Destruction will come on destruction, and one story after another; and the vision of the prophet will be shamed, and knowledge of the law will come to an end among the priests, and wisdom among the old.

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    3 For this cause the Lord has said, See, against this family I am purposing an evil from which you will not be able to take your necks away, and you will be weighted down by it; for it is an evil time.

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    1 Then crying out in my hearing in a loud voice, he said, Let the overseers of the town come near, every man armed.

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    11 For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

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    6 And he said to me, Son of man, do you see what they are doing? even the very disgusting things which the children of Israel are doing here, causing me to go far away from my holy place? but you will see other most disgusting things.

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