Verse 8

He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 15:16 : 16 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."
  • Ps 38:4 : 4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
  • Lam 1:14 : 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up on my neck; he has made my strength to fail: The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
  • Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, "Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. 2 Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down. 3 Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them. 4 Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.
  • Mic 6:11 : 11 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
  • Zech 5:7 : 7 (and behold, a talent of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah basket."
  • Matt 23:32 : 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
  • 1 Thess 2:16 : 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.