Thematic Bible: In politics in the church
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For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Therefore they are crowned with pride; they cover themselves with violence as a garment.
And they coveted fields and stole them, and houses and took them away; so they oppressed the man and his house, even the man and his heritage.
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and feed thereof.
Their cloth is unfit to be a garment, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of violence, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
As the waters never cease to flow from a fountain, so her wickedness never ceases to flow; injustice and robbery is heard in her; in my presence continually, sickness and wounds.
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For after they have filled the land with evil and have returned to provoke me to anger; behold, they put the stench to my nose.
For they do not know to do right, said the LORD, storing up violence and robbery in their palaces.
With which their rich men are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
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