Jeremiah 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and grew rich.
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- Prov 1:11-13 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; Let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 Let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down into the pit. 13 We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil.
- Jer 9:6 : 6 Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.
- Hos 12:7-8 : 7 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud. 8 Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."
- Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear this, you who desire to 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 market wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel large, 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 sweepings with the wheat?'"
- Mic 1:12 : 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, Because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.
- Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, And a short ephah{An ephah is a measure of volume, and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers.} that is accursed? 11 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, And with a bag of deceitful weights?
- Hab 2:9-9 : 9 Woe to him who gets 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 You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul. 11 For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
- Rev 18:2 : 2 He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!
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26 For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
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28 They are grew fat, they shine: yes, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy they don't judge.
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17 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:
18 But these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
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9 Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
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12 Her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
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11 As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
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3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; And the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
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18 He builds his house as the moth, As a booth which the watchman makes.
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9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
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5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
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6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
7 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
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5 They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.
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11 Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, And take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of hewn stone, But you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I know how many your offenses, And how great are your sins-- You who afflict the just, Who take a bribe, And who turn aside the needy in the courts.
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3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, And the princes with their lies.
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5 A man who flatters his neighbor, Spreads a net for his feet.
6 An evil man is snared by his sin, But the righteous can sing and be glad.
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6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure, But the income of the wicked brings trouble.
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2 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.
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13 For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
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11 Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets.
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7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
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35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."
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18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, Where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, When there is nothing to catch?
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27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.
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28 Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, And increases the unfaithful among men.
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5 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"
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15 As a roaring lion or a charging bear, So is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
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13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
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8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.
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27 Her princes in the midst of it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
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10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, And a short ephah{An ephah is a measure of volume, and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers.} that is accursed?
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22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
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14 who says, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cuts him out windows; and it is ceiling with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
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10 They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
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16 Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
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6 The tents of robbers prosper, Those who provoke God are secure; Who carry their God in their hands.
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9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
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5 Whose harvest the hungry eats up, And take it even out of the thorns; The snare gapes for their substance.
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28 He has lived in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps.
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8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
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9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
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7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, Because they refuse to do what is right.
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10 In whose hands is wickedness, Their right hand is full of bribes.