Ezekiel 22:27

Her rulers within her have been like wolves, rending prey,- In shedding blood In destroying lives, For the sake of getting dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 22:13

Lo! therefore I have smitten my hand, At thine unjust gain which thou hast made - And over thy bloodshed, which they have caused in thy midst.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy rulers, are unruly, and companions of thieves, Every one of the people, loveth a bribe, and runneth after rewards, - The fatherless, they do not vindicate, And, the plea of the widow, reacheth them not.

Ezekiel 22:6

Lo! the princes of Israel, very man for his own arm, have they been in thee, For the sake of shedding blood.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers in her midst, are roaring lions, - her judges, evening wolves, they have left nothing until morning!

Ezekiel 19:3-6

And she reared up one of her whelps - A young lion, he became, And he learned to rend prey. Men, he devoured.

Ezekiel 22:25

Because her princes in her midst are like a roaring lion rending prey, - Life, have they devoured Wealth and precious things, have they been wont to take, Her widows, have they multiplied in her midst.

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Let it more than suffice you O princes of Israel, Violence and spoil, remove ye And justice and righteousness, execute, - Lift off your acts of expulsion from upon my people, Urgeth My Lord Yahweh.

Hosea 7:1-7

When I would have brought healing to Israel, then was disclosed the iniquity of Ephraim, and the wicked doings of Samaria, for they have wrought falsehood, - when, a thief, would enter, a band roamed about, outside,

Micah 3:2-3

Ye haters of right, and lovers of wrong, - tearing away their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Micah 3:9-11

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel, - who abhor justice, and, all right, do pervert:

Micah 7:8

Do not rejoice, O mine enemy, against me, Though I fall, I shall rise again! Though I sit in darkness, Yahweh, is a light to me.

Matthew 21:13

and saith unto them - It is written, My house, a house of prayer, shall be called; but, ye, are making it, A den of robbers!

James 2:6-7

Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice?

James 5:1-4

Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:

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Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

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Ezekiel 22:13
Lo! therefore I have smitten my hand, At thine unjust gain which thou hast made - And over thy bloodshed, which they have caused in thy midst.
Matthew 21:13
and saith unto them - It is written, My house, a house of prayer, shall be called; but, ye, are making it, A den of robbers!
James 5:1
Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:

General references

Proverbs 4:17
For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.
Ezekiel 11:6
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city,- And have fled her streets with slain.
Acts 24:9
Moreover, the Jews also were joining in the attack, saying that, these things, were, so.