Proverbs 21:7

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Summary

Proverbs 21:7

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

Robbery

Destroy them

Zechariah 5:3

Because

Proverbs 21:21

Ezekiel 18:18

Ephesians 5:6

Bible References

Robbery

And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,

Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

Destroy them

Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it.

Because

He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.