Jeremiah 5:27

Bible in Basic English 1965

As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

Cross References

Job 12:6

There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

Jeremiah 12:1

You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

Jeremiah 8:5

Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.

Jeremiah 9:6

There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.

Hosea 12:9

But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.

Micah 1:12

For the one living in Maroth is waiting for good: for evil has come down from the Lord to the doorways of Jerusalem.

Zephaniah 1:9

And in that day I will send punishment on all those who come jumping over the doorstep and make their master's house full of violent behaviour and deceit.

Revelation 18:2

And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.