Isaiah 3:5
The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.
Jeremiah 9:3-8
The Lord says, "These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.
Leviticus 19:32
You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.
2 Samuel 16:5-9
Then King David reached Bahurim. There a man from Saul's extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached.
2 Kings 2:23
He went up from there to Bethel. As he was traveling up the road, some young boys came out of the city and made fun of him, saying, "Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!"
Job 30:1-12
"But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.
Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes.
Isaiah 1:4
The sinful nation is as good as dead, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the Lord, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him.
Isaiah 9:19-21
Because of the anger of the Lord who commands armies, the land was scorched, and the people became fuel for the fire. People had no compassion on one another.
Isaiah 11:13
Ephraim's jealousy will end, and Judah's hostility will be eliminated. Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah, and Judah will no longer be hostile toward Ephraim.
Jeremiah 22:17
But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.
Ezekiel 22:6-7
"'See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.
Ezekiel 22:12
They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.
Amos 4:1
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink!"
Micah 3:1-3
I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just,
Micah 3:11
Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, "The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!"
Micah 7:3-6
They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.
Zechariah 7:9-11
"The Lord who rules over all said, 'Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.
Malachi 3:5
"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.
Matthew 26:67
Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,
Matthew 27:28-30
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him,
Mark 14:65
Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, "Prophesy!" The guards also took him and beat him.
Luke 22:64
They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly, "Prophesy! Who hit you?"
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
James 5:4
Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.