Jeremiah 5:27

Geneva Bible (1560)

As a cage is full of birdes, so are their houses full of deceite: thereby they are become great and waxen riche.

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  • Prov 1:11-13 : 11 If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a cause: 12 We wil swallow them vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that goe downe into the pit: 13 We shall finde all precious riches, and fill our houses with spoyle:
  • Jer 9:6 : 6 Thine habitation is in the middes of deceiuers: because of their deceit they refuse to know me, sayth the Lord.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse. 8 And Ephraim saide, Notwithstanding I am rich, I haue found me out riches in all my labours: they shall finde none iniquitie in me, that were wickednesse.
  • Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle, 5 Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poore for siluer, and the needie for shooes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate.
  • Mic 1:12 : 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth wayted for good, but euill came from the Lorde vnto the gate of Ierusalem.
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable? 11 Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
  • Hab 2:9-9 : 9 Ho, he that coueteth an euil couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euil. 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thine owne house, by destroying many people, and hast sinned against thine owne soule. 11 For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shal answere it.
  • Rev 18:2 : 2 And he cryed out mightily with a loud voyce, saying, It is fallen, it is fallen, Babylon that great citie, and is become the habitation of deuils, and the holde of all foule spirits, and a cage of euery vncleane and hatefull birde.

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    26For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.

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    28They are waxen fat and shining: they doe ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the fatherlesse: yet they prosper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore.

  • Prov 1:17-19
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    17Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:

    18So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.

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  • Hab 2:9
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    9Ho, he that coueteth an euil couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euil.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12For the rich men thereof are full of crueltie, & the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lyes, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.

  • Jer 17:11
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    11As the partryche gathereth the yong, which she hath not brought forth: so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leaue them in the middes of his dayes, and at his ende shall bee a foole.

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    3To make good for the euil of their hands, the prince asked, and the iudge iudgeth for a reward: therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrapt it vp.

  • Job 27:18
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    18He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.

  • Ps 10:9
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    9He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.

  • Prov 23:5
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    5Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? For riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.

  • Ps 73:6-7
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    6Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.

    7Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.

  • Jer 9:5-6
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    5And euery one wil deceiue his friende, and wil not speake the trueth: for they haue taught their tongues to speake lies, and take great paynes to do wickedly.

    6Thine habitation is in the middes of deceiuers: because of their deceit they refuse to know me, sayth the Lord.

  • Amos 5:11-12
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    11Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shal not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shal not drinke wine of them.

    12For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.

  • Hos 7:3
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    3They make the King glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lies.

  • Prov 29:5-6
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    5A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a net for his steps.

    6In the transgression of an euill man is his snare: but the righteous doeth sing and reioyce.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6The house of the righteous hath much treasure: but in the reuenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Mic 2:2
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    2And they couet fields, and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away: so they oppresse a man and his house, euen man and his heritage.

  • Jer 6:13
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    13For from the least of them, euen vnto the greatest of them, euery one is giuen vnto couetousnesse, and from the Prophet euen vnto the Priest, they all deale falsely.

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    11Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

  • Job 15:35
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    35For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.

  • Job 22:18
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    18Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.

  • Amos 3:5
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    5Can a birde fall in a snare vpon the earth, where no fouler is? or will he take vp the snare from the earth, and haue taken nothing at all?

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  • Prov 23:28
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    28Also she lyeth in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the transgressers among men.

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    5They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them?

  • Prov 28:15
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    15As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.

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  • Prov 27:8
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    8As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.

  • Ezek 22:27
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    27Her princes in the mids thereof are like wolues, rauening the praye to shed blood, and to destroy soules for their owne couetous lucre.

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

  • Jer 18:22
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    22Let the crye bee heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring an hoste suddenly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feete.

  • Jer 22:14
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    14He saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers: so he will make him selfe large windowes, and feeling with cedar, and paint them with vermilion.

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    10They are inclosed in their owne fat, and they haue spoken proudely with their mouth.

  • Jer 5:16
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    16Whose quiuer is as an open sepulchre: they are all very strong.

  • Job 12:6
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    6The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.

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    9For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

  • Job 5:5
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    5The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.

  • Job 15:28
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    28Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,

  • Jer 9:8
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    8Their tongue is as an arow shot out, and speaketh deceite: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart hee layeth waite for him.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9For they that will be rich, fall into tentation and snares, and into many foolish and noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.

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    7The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10In whose handes is wickednes, and their right hand is full of bribes.