Zechariah 5:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ And he said to me, “This is the curse that goes forth over the face of all the earth: ‘everyone who is stealing shall go unpunished,’ on the one side, according to it, and, ‘everyone who has sworn falsely shall go unpunished,’ on the other side, according to it.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off from henceforth according to it [the curse written on this subject on the scroll], and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off from henceforth according to it. [Isa. 24:6; Mal. 3:8, 9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ He said to me, “This is the curse going out across all the land. Anyone stealing will be purged according to what’s on one side of the scroll, and anyone swearing lies will be purged according to what’s on the other side.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And he said to me, "This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth. For every thief will be judged, just as it has been written there, and everyone who swears by this, will be judged in like manner."

Zechariah 5:3 Cross References

Exodus 20:15

“You do not steal.

Proverbs 29:24

He who shares with a thief hates his own life; He hears an oath, but does not report.

Proverbs 3:33

The curse of יהוה  is on the house of the wrong, But He blesses the home of the righteous.

Proverbs 30:9

Lest I become satisfied and deny You, And say, “Who is יהוה ?” And lest I be poor, and steal, And seize the Name of my Elohim.

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, and those who dwell in it be punished. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth shall be burned, and few men shall be left.

Isaiah 43:28

“So I have profaned the chief ones of the set-apart place, and I have delivered up Yaʽ

Isaiah 48:1

“Hear this, O house of Yaʽ

Jeremiah 23:10

For the land is filled with adulterers; for the land mourns because of a curse. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right.

Jeremiah 26:6

then I shall make this house like Shiloh, and make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.” ’ ”

Jeremiah 5:2

“Even when they say, ‘As יהוה  lives,’ they swear falsely, for certain.”

Jeremiah 7:9

stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, and swearing falsely, and burning incense to Baʽ

Ezekiel 2:9

And I looked and saw a hand stretched out to me. And see, a scroll of a book was in it,

Daniel 9:11

“And all Yisra’ĕ

Hosea 4:2

“Swearing, and lying, and murdering, and stealing, and committing adultery have increased. And bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Leviticus 19:11

‘Do not steal, do not lie, do not deceive one another.

Leviticus 19:12

‘And do not swear falsely by My Name and so profane the Name of your Elohim. I am יהוה.

Amos 3:10

‘But they do not know to do what is right,’ declares יהוה, ‘these who store up plunder and loot in their palaces.’ ”

Zechariah 5:4

“I shall send it out,” declares יהוה  of hosts, “and it shall come into the house of the thief and the house of the one who shall swear falsely by My Name. And it shall remain in the midst of his house and shall consume it, both its timber and stones.”

Zechariah 8:17

‘And do not plot evil in your heart against another, and do not love a false oath. For all these I hate,’ declares יהוה.”

Malachi 3:5

“And I shall draw near to you for right-ruling. And I shall be a swift witness against the practisers of witchcraft, and against adulterers, and against them that swear to falsehood, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and those who turn away a sojourner and do not fear Me,” said יהוה  of hosts.

Malachi 4:6

“And he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with utter destruction.”

Matthew 25:41

“He shall then also say to those on the left hand, ‘Go away from Me, accursed ones, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his messengers –

Luke 21:35

“For it shall come as a snare on all those dwelling on the face of all the earth.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him who stole steal no more, but rather let him labour, working with his hands what is good, so that he has somewhat to share with those in need.

1 Timothy 1:9

knowing this: that Torah is not laid down for a righteous being, but for the lawless and unruly, for the wicked and for sinners, for the wrong-doers and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

James 5:12

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by the heaven or by the earth or with any other oath. But let your Yes be Yes, and your No, No, lest you fall into judgment.

James 5:4

See, the wages of the workmen who mowed your fields, which you kept back, cry out. And the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of יהוה  of hosts.

Joshua 9:20

“Let us do this to them: We shall keep them alive, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them.”

Revelation 21:8

“But as for the cowardly, and untrustworthy, and abominable, and murderers, and those who whore, and drug sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the false, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

“But outside are the dogs and those who enchant with drugs, and those who whore, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and all who love and do falsehood.