Thematic Bible: In politics in the church
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For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of robbery.
And this is the cause that they be so puffed up in pride, and overwhelmed with cruelty and unrighteousness.
When they covet to have land, they take it by violence; they rob men of their houses. Thus they oppress a man for his house, and every man for his heritage.
Destroy their tongues, O LORD, and divide them; for I see unrighteousness and strife in the city.
Then said God to Noah, "The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of their mischief. And lo, I will destroy them with the earth.
For some men there be, that remove other men's landmarks; that rob them of their cattle, and keep the same for their own;
Their web maketh no cloth and they may not cover themselves with their labours. Their deeds are the deeds of wickedness, and the work of robbery is in their hands.
Like as a conduit aboundeth in water, even so this city aboundeth in wickedness. Robbery and unrighteousness is heard in her, sorrow and wounds are ever there in my sight.
And he said unto me, "Hast thou seen this thou son of man? Thinketh the house of Israel that it is but a trifle to do these abominations here? Should they fill the land full of wickedness, and undertake to provoke me unto anger? Yea, and purposely to cast up their noses upon me?
sayeth the LORD: they gather together evil gotten goods, and lay up robbery in their houses.'
among those that be full of riches unrighteously gotten: where the citizens deal with falsity, speak lies, and have deceitful tongues in their mouths?
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