Isaiah 57:17

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Because of their sinful greed, I was angry; I struck them and turned away in anger, yet they continued in their willful ways.

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  • Isa 56:11 : 11 Yet the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; all of them turn to their own way, each seeking his own gain from every quarter.
  • Jer 6:13 : 13 For from the least to the greatest, all are greedy for unjust gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.
  • Jer 8:10 : 10 Therefore, I will give their wives to others and their fields to new owners. From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express love, but their hearts pursue unjust gain.
  • Mic 2:2-3 : 2 They covet fields and seize them; they take houses and rob them. They oppress a man and his house, a person and their inheritance. 3 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I am planning disaster against this family, from which you cannot free your necks, nor will you walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.'
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 Then He said to them, "Watch out, and be on guard against every form of greed, because one’s life is not defined by the abundance of possessions."
  • Luke 15:14-16 : 14 After he had spent everything, a severe famine arose throughout that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
  • Eph 5:3-5 : 3 But sexual immorality, all impurity, or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints. 4 Nor should there be filthiness, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For you know this with certainty, that no sexually immoral, impure, or greedy person—who is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
  • Col 3:5 : 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
  • 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children.
  • Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain I have struck your children; they accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 Lord, are Your eyes not on truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; You consumed them, but they refused to accept discipline. They hardened their faces more than a rock and refused to repent.
  • Eccl 6:9 : 9 Better is what the eyes see than the wandering of desire. This too is meaningless and a chasing after the wind.
  • Isa 1:4 : 4 Woe to a sinful nation, a people loaded down with guilt, offspring of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have abandoned the LORD, spurned the Holy One of Israel, and turned their backs on Him.
  • Isa 5:8-9 : 8 Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field until there is no room, and you live alone in the midst of the land. 9 The Lord of Hosts said in my hearing: Truly, many houses will become desolate—large and beautiful ones, without occupants.
  • Isa 8:17 : 17 I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
  • Isa 9:13 : 13 So the LORD will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
  • Isa 45:15 : 15 Truly, you are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

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