Jeremiah 5:27

Like cages filled with birds, their houses are filled with deceit. That is why they become powerful and rich.

Proverbs 1:11-13

If they say: Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us ambush the innocent without cause.

Jeremiah 9:6

You live in the middle of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says Jehovah.

Hosea 12:7-8

Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.

Amos 8:4-6

Hear this, you who would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail.

Micah 1:12

The inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because bad came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.

Micah 6:10-11

Is there a depository of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short measure that is cursed?

Habakkuk 2:9-11

He who receives a dishonest profit for his house will have trouble. He may set his nest on high in order to be delivered from the hand of evil!

Revelation 18:2

He cried out with a strong voice: Babylon the Great has fallen, she has fallen! She has become the habitation of demons, and a haunt for every unclean spirit. She is a prison for every unclean and hateful bird.

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Summary

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

General references

Bible References

Cage

Revelation 18:2
He cried out with a strong voice: Babylon the Great has fallen, she has fallen! She has become the habitation of demons, and a haunt for every unclean spirit. She is a prison for every unclean and hateful bird.

So are

Proverbs 1:11
If they say: Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us ambush the innocent without cause.
Hosea 12:7
Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail.
Micah 1:12
The inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because bad came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 6:10
Is there a depository of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short measure that is cursed?
Habakkuk 2:9
He who receives a dishonest profit for his house will have trouble. He may set his nest on high in order to be delivered from the hand of evil!

General references

Proverbs 4:17
They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and honesty cannot come in.