Proverbs 21:7

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The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

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  • Ps 7:16 : 16 They dig a pit and hollow it out, only to fall into the hole they have made.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The nations have sunk into the pit they made; their feet are caught in the net they hid.
  • Prov 1:18-19 : 18 But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. 19 Such are the ways of everyone who gains unjust profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
  • Prov 10:6 : 6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 One who pursues righteousness and love finds life, righteousness, and honor.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate. 23 For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.
  • Isa 1:23-24 : 23 Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's case never comes before them. 24 Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "I will gain relief from My adversaries and avenge Myself on My enemies.
  • Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my name, and say, ‘We are safe,’ only to go on doing all these detestable things? 11 Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,’ declares the LORD.
  • Jer 7:15 : 15 And I will cast you out of my presence, just as I cast out all your brothers, the entire offspring of Ephraim.
  • Ezek 18:18 : 18 But his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his own people, and did what was not good among them—behold, he will die for his iniquity.
  • Ezek 22:13-14 : 13 See, I will strike my hands together in anger at the dishonest gain you have made and the bloodshed that has been done in your midst. 14 Will your heart stand firm? Will your hands be strong when I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.
  • Mic 3:9-9 : 9 Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, you who despise justice and twist all that is right: 10 You build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for silver. Yet they lean on the LORD, saying, 'Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us.' 12 Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple will become a high place overgrown with thickets.
  • Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then he said to me, 'This is the curse that is going out over the whole land: for everyone who steals will be judged according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be judged according to what is written on the other side.' 4 'I will send it out,' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will remain inside their house and consume it completely, including its timber and stones.'
  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

  • 15Justice brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

  • 23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the righteous!

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

    4Riches do not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

  • 23For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

  • 30That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?

  • 21He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

  • 6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • 6The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a trap of death.

  • 7The wicked are overthrown and no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.

  • 18The wicked serve as a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous for the upright.

  • 3Is it not disaster for the wicked and calamity for those who do evil?

  • 17But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

  • 21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • 21The wicked person borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is gracious and gives.

  • 3Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.

  • 29The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but it is ruin to evildoers.

  • 23The wicked accept a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

  • 11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; they will be repaid for their deeds.

  • 15Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • 17They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

  • 4Therefore, the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so justice comes out distorted.

  • 28A worthless witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

  • 14The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.

  • 7You who turn justice to bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground—

  • 2Treasures gained through wickedness bring no benefit, but righteousness rescues from death.

  • 22But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

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    18The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.

    19True righteousness leads to life, but whoever chases after evil brings about his own death.

  • Job 21:16-17
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    16But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

    17How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? Disaster comes upon them as calamities God apportions in his anger.

  • 10The wicked will see it and be angry; they will gnash their teeth and melt away. The desires of the wicked will perish.

  • 21Trouble pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.

  • 28They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.

  • 2They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.

  • 23The desire of the righteous brings only good, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

  • 38But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

  • 32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • 8The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.

  • 7Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

  • 21Those who cause humanity to sin with a word, who set traps for the one who rebukes in the gate, and who twist justice by making the righteous nothing, will be judged.

  • 21Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.

  • 10"They do not know how to do what is right," declares the Lord, "storing up violence and robbery in their fortresses."

  • 19Such are the ways of everyone who gains unjust profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • 4Give them according to what they have done, and according to the evil of their deeds; give them according to the work of their hands; repay them their due reward.

  • 27For they persecute those you have struck, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.

  • 19Evil people will bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.