Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
“Behold, therefore, I strike My hands [together] at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.
Matthew 21:13
Jesus said to them, “It is written [in Scripture], ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.”
James 5:1
Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you.
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Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
Ezekiel 11:6
You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the corpses [of righteous men].”
Acts 24:9
The Jews also joined in the attack, declaring and insisting that these things were so.