Verse 23

Thy princes{H8269} are rebellious{H5637}{(H8802)}, and companions{H2270} of thieves{H1590}: every one loveth{H157}{(H8802)} gifts{H7810}, and followeth{H7291}{(H8802)} after rewards{H8021}: they judge{H8199}{(H8799)} not the fatherless{H3490}, neither doth the cause{H7379} of the widow{H490} come{H935}{(H8799)} unto them.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:8 : 8 And thou shalt take{H3947}{(H8799)} no gift{H7810}: for the gift{H7810} blindeth{H5786}{(H8762)} the wise{H6493}, and perverteth{H5557}{(H8762)} the words{H1697} of the righteous{H6662}.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil{H7451} with both hands{H3709} earnestly{H3190}{(H8687)}, the prince{H8269} asketh{H7592}{(H8802)}, and the judge{H8199}{(H8802)} asketh for a reward{H7966}; and the great{H1419} man, he uttereth{H1696}{(H8802)} his mischievous{H1942} desire{H5315}: so they wrap it up{H5686}{(H8762)}.
  • Zech 7:10 : 10 And oppress{H6231}{(H8799)} not the widow{H490}, nor the fatherless{H3490}, the stranger{H1616}, nor the poor{H6041}; and let none of you imagine{H2803}{(H8799)} evil{H7451} against{H376} his brother{H251} in your heart{H3824}.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near{H7126}{(H8804)} to you to judgment{H4941}; and I will be a swift{H4116}{(H8764)} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers{H3784}{(H8764)}, and against the adulterers{H5003}{(H8764)}, and against false{H8267} swearers{H7650}{(H8737)}, and against those that oppress{H6231}{(H8802)} the hireling{H7916} in his wages{H7939}, the widow{H490}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and that turn aside{H5186}{(H8688)} the stranger{H1616} from his right, and fear{H3372}{(H8804)} not me, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.
  • Matt 21:13 : 13 And{G2532} said{G3004}{(G5719)} unto them{G846}, It is written{G1125}{(G5769)}, My{G3450} house{G3624} shall be called{G2564}{(G5701)} the house{G3624} of prayer{G4335}; but{G1161} ye{G5210} have made{G4160}{(G5656)} it{G846} a den{G4693} of thieves{G3027}.
  • Mark 11:17 : 17 And{G2532} he taught{G1321}{(G5707)}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)} unto them{G846}, Is it{G1125} not{G3756} written{G1125}{(G5769)},{G3754} My{G3450} house{G3624} shall be called{G2564}{(G5701)} of all{G3956} nations{G1484} the house{G3624} of prayer{G4335}? but{G1161} ye{G5210} have made{G4160}{(G5656)} it{G846} a den{G4693} of thieves{G3027}.
  • Luke 18:2-5 : 2 Saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, There was{G2258}{(G5713)} in{G1722} a{G5100} city{G4172} a{G5100} judge{G2923}, which feared{G5399}{(G5740)} not{G3361} God{G2316}, neither{G2532}{G3361} regarded{G1788}{(G5746)} man{G444}: 3 And{G1161} there was{G2258}{(G5713)} a widow{G5503} in{G1722} that{G1565} city{G4172}; and{G2532} she came{G2064}{(G5711)} unto{G4314} him{G846}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, Avenge{G1556}{(G5657)} me{G3165} of{G575} mine{G3450} adversary{G476}. 4 And{G2532} he would{G2309}{(G5656)} not{G3756} for{G1909} a while{G5550}: but{G1161} afterward{G5023}{G3326} he said{G2036}{(G5627)} within{G1722} himself{G1438}, Though{G1499} I fear{G5399}{(G5736)} not{G3756} God{G2316}, nor{G2532}{G3756} regard{G1788}{(G5743)} man{G444}; 5 Yet{G1065} because{G1223} this{G5026} widow{G5503} troubleth{G3930}{(G5721)}{G2873} me{G3427}, I will avenge{G1556}{(G5692)} her{G846}, lest{G3363} by{G1519} her continual{G5056} coming{G2064}{(G5740)} she weary{G5299}{(G5725)} me{G3165}.
  • Luke 19:46 : 46 Saying{G3004}{(G5723)} unto them{G846}, It is written{G1125}{(G5769)}, My{G3450} house{G3624} is{G2076}{(G5748)} the house{G3624} of prayer{G4335}: but{G1161} ye{G5210} have made{G4160}{(G5656)} it{G846} a den{G4693} of thieves{G3027}.
  • Acts 4:5-9 : 5 And{G1161} it came to pass{G1096}{(G5633)} on{G1909} the morrow{G839}, that their{G846} rulers{G758}, and{G2532} elders{G4245}, and{G2532} scribes{G1122}, 6 And{G2532} Annas{G452} the high priest{G749}, and{G2532} Caiaphas{G2533}, and{G2532} John{G2491}, and{G2532} Alexander{G223}, and{G2532} as many as{G3745} were{G2258}{(G5713)} of{G1537} the kindred{G1085} of the high priest{G748}, were gathered together{G4863}{(G5683)} at{G1519} Jerusalem{G2419}. 7 And{G2532} when they had set{G2476}{(G5660)} them{G846} in{G1722} the midst{G3319}, they asked{G4441}{(G5711)}, By{G1722} what{G4169} power{G1411}, or{G2228} by{G1722} what{G4169} name{G3686}, have{G4160} ye{G5210} done{G4160}{(G5656)} this{G5124}? 8 Then{G5119} Peter{G4074}, filled{G4130}{(G5685)} with the Holy{G40} Ghost{G4151}, said{G2036}{(G5627)} unto{G4314} them{G846}, Ye rulers{G758} of the people{G2992}, and{G2532} elders{G4245} of Israel{G2474}, 9 If{G1487} we{G2249} this day{G4594} be examined{G350}{(G5743)} of{G1909} the good deed done{G2108} to the impotent{G772} man{G444}, by{G1722} what means{G5101} he{G3778} is made whole{G4982}{(G5769)}; 10 Be it{G2077}{(G5749)} known{G1110} unto you{G5213} all{G3956}, and{G2532} to all{G3956} the people{G2992} of Israel{G2474}, that{G3754} by{G1722} the name{G3686} of Jesus{G2424} Christ{G5547} of Nazareth{G3480}, whom{G3739} ye{G5210} crucified{G4717}{(G5656)}, whom{G3739} God{G2316} raised{G1453}{(G5656)} from{G1537} the dead{G3498}, even by{G1722} him{G5129} doth{G3936} this man{G3778} stand here{G3936}{(G5758)} before{G1799} you{G5216} whole{G5199}. 11 This{G3778} is{G2076}{(G5748)} the stone{G3037} which{G3588} was set at nought{G1848}{(G5685)} of{G5259} you{G5216} builders{G3618}{(G5723)}, which{G3588} is become{G1096}{(G5637)} the head{G2776} of{G1519} the corner{G1137}.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest{H5186}{(H8686)} judgment{H4941}; thou shalt not respect{H5234}{(H8686)} persons{H6440}, neither take{H3947}{(H8799)} a gift{H7810}: for a gift{H7810} doth blind{H5786}{(H8762)} the eyes{H5869} of the wise{H2450}, and pervert{H5557}{(H8762)} the words{H1697} of the righteous{H6662}.
  • 2 Chr 24:17-21 : 17 Now after{H310} the death{H4194} of Jehoiada{H3077} came{H935}{(H8804)} the princes{H8269} of Judah{H3063}, and made obeisance{H7812}{(H8691)} to the king{H4428}. Then the king{H4428} hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} unto them. 18 And they left{H5800}{(H8799)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} groves{H842} and idols{H6091}: and wrath{H7110} came upon Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} for this their trespass{H819}. 19 Yet he sent{H7971}{(H8799)} prophets{H5030} to them, to bring them again{H7725}{(H8687)} unto the LORD{H3068}; and they testified{H5749}{(H8686)} against them: but they would not give ear{H238}{(H8689)}. 20 And the Spirit{H7307} of God{H430} came{H3847}{(H8804)} upon Zechariah{H2148} the son{H1121} of Jehoiada{H3077} the priest{H3548}, which stood{H5975}{(H8799)} above the people{H5971}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} God{H430}, Why transgress{H5674}{(H8802)} ye the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068}, that ye cannot prosper{H6743}{(H8686)}? because ye have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, he hath also forsaken{H5800}{(H8799)} you. 21 And they conspired{H7194}{(H8799)} against him, and stoned{H7275}{(H8799)} him with stones{H68} at the commandment{H4687} of the king{H4428} in the court{H2691} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • 2 Chr 36:14 : 14 Moreover all the chief{H8269} of the priests{H3548}, and the people{H5971}, transgressed{H4603}{(H8800)} very{H4604} much{H7235}{(H8689)} after all the abominations{H8441} of the heathen{H1471}; and polluted{H2930}{(H8762)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} which he had hallowed{H6942}{(H8689)} in Jerusalem{H3389}.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 A wicked{H7563} man taketh{H3947}{(H8799)} a gift{H7810} out of the bosom{H2436} to pervert{H5186}{(H8687)} the ways{H734} of judgment{H4941}.
  • Prov 29:24 : 24 Whoso is partner{H2505}{(H8802)} with a thief{H1590} hateth{H8130}{(H8802)} his own soul{H5315}: he heareth{H8085}{(H8799)} cursing{H423}, and bewrayeth{H5046}{(H8686)} it not.
  • Isa 3:14 : 14 The LORD{H3068} will enter{H935}{(H8799)} into judgment{H4941} with the ancients{H2205} of his people{H5971}, and the princes{H8269} thereof: for ye have eaten up{H1197}{(H8765)} the vineyard{H3754}; the spoil{H1500} of the poor{H6041} is in your houses{H1004}.
  • Isa 10:1-2 : 1 Woe{H1945} unto them that decree{H2710}{(H8802)} unrighteous{H205} decrees{H2711}, and that write{H3789}{(H8764)} grievousness{H5999} which they have prescribed{H3789}{(H8765)}; 2 To turn aside{H5186}{(H8687)} the needy{H1800} from judgment{H1779}, and to take away{H1497}{(H8800)} the right{H4941} from the poor{H6041} of my people{H5971}, that widows{H490} may be their prey{H7998}, and that they may rob{H962}{(H8799)} the fatherless{H3490}!
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh{H1980}{(H8802)} righteously{H6666}, and speaketh{H1696}{(H8802)} uprightly{H4339}; he that despiseth{H3988}{(H8802)} the gain{H1215} of oppressions{H4642}, that shaketh{H5287}{(H8802)} his hands{H3709} from holding{H8551}{(H8800)} of bribes{H7810}, that stoppeth{H331}{(H8801)} his ears{H241} from hearing{H8085}{(H8800)} of blood{H1818}, and shutteth{H6105}{(H8802)} his eyes{H5869} from seeing{H7200}{(H8800)} evil{H7451};
  • Jer 5:5 : 5 I will get{H3212}{(H8799)} me unto the great men{H1419}, and will speak{H1696}{(H8762)} unto them; for they have known{H3045}{(H8804)} the way{H1870} of the LORD{H3068}, and the judgment{H4941} of their God{H430}: but these have altogether{H3162} broken{H7665}{(H8804)} the yoke{H5923}, and burst{H5423}{(H8765)} the bonds{H4147}.
  • Jer 5:28-29 : 28 They are waxen fat{H8080}{(H8804)}, they shine{H6245}{(H8804)}: yea, they overpass{H5674}{(H8804)} the deeds{H1697} of the wicked{H7451}: they judge{H1777}{(H8804)} not the cause{H1779}, the cause of the fatherless{H3490}, yet they prosper{H6743}{(H8686)}; and the right{H4941} of the needy{H34} do they not judge{H8199}{(H8804)}. 29 Shall I not visit{H6485}{(H8799)} for these things? saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}: shall not my soul{H5315} be avenged{H5358}{(H8691)} on such a nation{H1471} as this?
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes{H5869} and thine heart{H3820} are not but for thy covetousness{H1215}, and for to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818}, and for oppression{H6233}, and for violence{H4835}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} it.
  • Ezek 22:6-9 : 6 Behold, the princes{H5387} of Israel{H3478}, every one{H376} were in thee to their power{H2220} to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} blood{H1818}. 7 In thee have they set light{H7043}{(H8689)} by father{H1} and mother{H517}: in the midst{H8432} of thee have they dealt{H6213}{(H8804)} by oppression{H6233} with the stranger{H1616}: in thee have they vexed{H3238}{(H8689)} the fatherless{H3490} and the widow{H490}. 8 Thou hast despised{H959}{(H8804)} mine holy things{H6944}, and hast profaned{H2490}{(H8765)} my sabbaths{H7676}. 9 In thee are men{H582} that carry tales{H7400} to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} blood{H1818}: and in thee they eat{H398}{(H8804)} upon the mountains{H2022}: in the midst{H8432} of thee they commit{H6213}{(H8804)} lewdness{H2154}. 10 In thee have they discovered{H1540}{(H8765)} their fathers{H1}' nakedness{H6172}: in thee have they humbled{H6031}{(H8765)} her that was set apart{H5079} for pollution{H2931}. 11 And one{H376} hath committed{H6213}{(H8804)} abomination{H8441} with his neighbour's{H7453} wife{H802}; and another{H376} hath lewdly{H2154} defiled{H2930}{(H8765)} his daughter in law{H3618}; and another{H376} in thee hath humbled{H6031}{(H8765)} his sister{H269}, his father's{H1} daughter{H1323}. 12 In thee have they taken{H3947}{(H8804)} gifts{H7810} to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} blood{H1818}; thou hast taken{H3947}{(H8804)} usury{H5392} and increase{H8636}, and thou hast greedily gained{H1214}{(H8762)} of thy neighbours{H7453} by extortion{H6233}, and hast forgotten{H7911}{(H8804)} me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.
  • Dan 9:5-6 : 5 We have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}, and have committed iniquity{H5753}{(H8804)}, and have done wickedly{H7561}{(H8689)}, and have rebelled{H4775}{(H8804)}, even by departing{H5493}{(H8800)} from thy precepts{H4687} and from thy judgments{H4941}: 6 Neither have we hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} unto thy servants{H5650} the prophets{H5030}, which spake{H1696}{(H8765)} in thy name{H8034} to our kings{H4428}, our princes{H8269}, and our fathers{H1}, and to all the people{H5971} of the land{H776}.
  • Hos 4:18 : 18 Their drink{H5435} is sour{H5493}{(H8804)}: they have committed whoredom{H2181}{(H8689)} continually{H2181}{(H8687)}: her rulers{H4043} with shame{H7036} do love{H157}{(H8804)}, Give{H3051}{(H8798)} ye.
  • Hos 7:3-5 : 3 They make the king{H4428} glad{H8055}{(H8762)} with their wickedness{H7451}, and the princes{H8269} with their lies{H3585}. 4 They are all adulterers{H5003}{(H8764)}, as an oven{H8574} heated{H1197}{(H8802)} by the baker{H644}{(H8802)}, who ceaseth{H7673}{(H8799)} from raising{H5782}{(H8800)} after he hath kneaded{H3888}{(H8800)} the dough{H1217}, until it be leavened{H2556}{(H8800)}. 5 In the day{H3117} of our king{H4428} the princes{H8269} have made him sick{H2470}{(H8689)} with bottles{H2534} of wine{H3196}; he stretched out{H4900}{(H8804)} his hand{H3027} with scorners{H3945}{(H8802)}.
  • Hos 9:15 : 15 All their wickedness{H7451} is in Gilgal{H1537}: for there I hated{H8130}{(H8804)} them: for the wickedness{H7455} of their doings{H4611} I will drive them out{H1644}{(H8762)} of mine house{H1004}, I will love{H160} them no more{H3254}{(H8686)}: all their princes{H8269} are revolters{H5637}{(H8802)}.
  • Mic 3:1-3 : 1 And I said{H559}{(H8799)}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, I pray you, O heads{H7218} of Jacob{H3290}, and ye princes{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}; Is it not for you to know{H3045}{(H8800)} judgment{H4941}? 2 Who hate{H8130}{(H8802)} the good{H2896}, and love{H157}{(H8802)} the evil{H7451}; who pluck off{H1497}{(H8802)} their skin{H5785} from off them, and their flesh{H7607} from off their bones{H6106}; 3 Who also eat{H398}{(H8804)} the flesh{H7607} of my people{H5971}, and flay{H6584}{(H8689)} their skin{H5785} from off them; and they break{H6476}{(H8765)} their bones{H6106}, and chop them in pieces{H6566}{(H8804)}, as for the pot{H5518}, and as flesh{H1320} within{H8432} the caldron{H7037}.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 The heads{H7218} thereof judge{H8199}{(H8799)} for reward{H7810}, and the priests{H3548} thereof teach{H3384}{(H8686)} for hire{H4242}, and the prophets{H5030} thereof divine{H7080}{(H8799)} for money{H3701}: yet will they lean{H8172}{(H8735)} upon the LORD{H3068}, and say{H559}{(H8800)}, Is not the LORD{H3068} among{H7130} us? none evil{H7451} can come{H935}{(H8799)} upon us.