11 Bible Verses about Corrupt Priests

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Malachi 2:3

Behold, I am going to rebuke your offspring, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule on their own authority;
And My people love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it?

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
For you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out on Tabor.

Hosea 6:9

And as raiders wait for a man,
So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they have committed crime.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men;
Her priests have profaned the sanctuary.
They have done violence to the law.

Matthew 27:20

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.

Matthew 27:41

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,

Mark 15:11

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.

John 19:6

So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.”

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John 19:6

So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.”

Matthew 27:41

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men;
Her priests have profaned the sanctuary.
They have done violence to the law.

Mark 15:11

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.

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John 19:6

So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.”

Matthew 27:41

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men;
Her priests have profaned the sanctuary.
They have done violence to the law.

Mark 15:11

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.

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