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Summary

For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

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Bible References

They

Psalm 14:4
All those who behave wickedly do not understand -- those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord.
Jeremiah 4:22
The Lord answered, "This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good."
Jeremiah 5:4
I thought, "Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.
2 Peter 3:5
For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.

Who

Habakkuk 2:8
Because you robbed many countries, all who are left among the nations will rob you. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.
Zephaniah 1:9
On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit.
Zechariah 5:3
The speaker went on to say, "This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate."
James 5:3
Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!

General references

Exodus 20:15
"You shall not steal.

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