Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.
Ezekiel 22:13
I strike my fist at your dishonest gain and your acts of bloodshed.
Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.
Ezekiel 22:6
See how all the princes of Israel who live in you have used their power to shed blood (murder people).
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes (rulers) within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morning.
Ezekiel 19:3-6
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he devoured men.
Ezekiel 22:25
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives. They have taken treasure and precious things. They have made many widows in the midst of her.
Ezekiel 45:9
This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'I have had enough of you, you princes of Israel.' 'Stop your violence and looting, and do what is fair and right. Stop evicting my people,' declares the Lord Jehovah.
Hosea 7:1-7
When I want to heal my people Israel and make them prosperous again, all I can see is their wickedness and the evil deeds of Samaria. They cheat one another. They break into houses and steal. They actually rob people in the streets.
Micah 3:2-3
You hate good and love evil! You rip off their skin and their flesh from off their bones!
Micah 3:9-11
Please hear this you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. You who abhor justice, and pervert honesty!
Micah 7:8
Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy! When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light to me.
Matthew 21:13
He told them: It is written, 'My house is to be named a house of prayer,' but you are making it a hiding place of thieves.
James 2:6-7
You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?
James 5:1-4
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.