Zechariah 5:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD All-Powerful has said, “I am sending this scroll into the house of everyone who is a robber or tells lies in my name, and it will remain there until every piece of wood and stone in that house crumbles.”

Cross References

Job 18:15

Then their tents and possessions are burnt to ashes,

Job 20:26

and what they treasure most will be lost in the dark. God will send flames to destroy them in their tents with all their property.

Job 8:15

they take hold and fall because it's so flimsy.

Job 8:22

But your evil enemies will be put to shame and disappear for ever.

Proverbs 3:33

He places a curse on the home of everyone who is evil, but he blesses the home of every good person.

Isaiah 24:6

The earth is under a curse; its people are dying out because of their sins.

Jeremiah 2:26

You and your leaders are more disgraceful than thieves— you and your kings, your priests and prophets

Hosea 4:2

Cursing, dishonesty, murder, robbery, unfaithfulness— these happen all the time. Violence is everywhere.

Hosea 4:3

And so your land is a desert. Every living creature is dying— people and wild animals, birds and fish.

Amos 3:10

The LORD has said that they don't even know how to do right. They have become rich from violence and robbery.

Zechariah 5:3

Then he told me: This scroll puts a curse on everyone in the land who steals or tells lies. The writing on one side tells about the destruction of those who steal, while the writing on the other side tells about the destruction of those who lie.

Zechariah 8:17

Don't ever plan evil things against others or tell lies under oath. I, the LORD, hate such things.

Malachi 3:5

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practise witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or ill-treat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

Deuteronomy 28:16

Your businesses and farms will fail.

Deuteronomy 7:26

so destroy it. If you bring it home with you, both you and your house will be destroyed. Stay away from those disgusting idols!