Luke 19:46

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a robbers’ den.”

Jeremiah 7:11

Has this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of robbers in your eyes [a place of retreat for you between acts of violence]? Behold, I Myself have seen it,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 56:7


All these I will bring to My holy mountain
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar;
For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

Psalm 93:5


Your precepts are fully confirmed and completely reliable;
Holiness adorns Your house,
O Lord, forever.

Ezekiel 43:12

This is the law of the temple: Its entire area all around on the top of the mountain (Mount Moriah) shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

Hosea 12:7


A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances;
He loves to oppress and exploit.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe (judgment is coming) to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are [in the process of] entering to do so.

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