Verse 7

The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:16 : 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
  • Prov 1:18-19 : 18 And they lie in 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.
  • Prov 10:6 : 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 He who follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; 23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
  • Isa 1:23-24 : 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them. 24 Therefore says the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease myself of my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies:
  • Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD.
  • Jer 7:15 : 15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
  • Ezek 18:18 : 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did what is not good among his people, behold, even he shall die in his iniquity.
  • Ezek 22:13-14 : 13 Behold, therefore I have struck My hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been in your midst. 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
  • Mic 3:9-9 : 9 Hear this, I pray you, you leaders of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us. 12 Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
  • Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on this side; and everyone who swears shall be cut off according to it on that side. 4 I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with its timber and its stones.
  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words: for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.