Micah 2:2
They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
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Micah 2:2
They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
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Micah 2:3
For this cause the Lord has said, See, against this family I am purposing an evil from which you will not be able to take your necks away, and you will be weighted down by it; for it is an evil time.
Micah 2:4
In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.
Micah 2:5
For this cause you will have no one to make the decision by the measuring line in the meeting of the Lord.
Micah 2:8
As for you, you have become haters of those who were at peace with you: you take the clothing of those who go by without fear, and make them prisoners of war.
Micah 2:9
The women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.
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Jeremiah 6:7
As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.
Ezekiel 8:17
Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? is it a small thing to the children of Judah that they do the disgusting things which they are doing here? for they have made the land full of violent behaviour, making me angry again and again: and see, they put the branch to my nose.
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.
Psalms 55:9
Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.
Psalms 73:6
For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.
Proverbs 4:17
The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
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Isaiah 5:7
For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.
Amos 4:1
Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.
Job 20:19
Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;
Micah 3:1
And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?
Leviticus 19:13
Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
Micah 3:5
This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.
James 5:4
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
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Jeremiah 6:13
For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit.
Luke 12:15
And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.
Ephesians 5:3
But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;
Deuteronomy 5:21
Or let your desire be turned to your neighbour's wife, or his house or his field or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is your neighbour's.
Jeremiah 22:17
But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.
Habakkuk 2:9
A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!
1 Kings 21:3
But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.
Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
Romans 7:7
What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.
Colossians 3:5
Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;
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Amos 8:4
Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,
Amos 8:5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;
Amos 8:6
Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.
Micah 6:10
Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?
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