Zephaniah 1:9

Easy To Read Version

At that time, I will punish all the people that jump over the threshold. {\cf2\super [6]} I will punish the people that fill their master’s house {\cf2\super [7]} with lies and violence.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:15

But the governors that ruled before me made life hard for the people. Those governors forced every person to pay 1 pound {\cf2\super [17]} of silver. They also made those people give them food and wine. The leaders under those governors also ruled over the people \{and made life even harder\}. But I respected and feared God, so I didn’t do things like that.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lies, then all his officials will be evil.

Jeremiah 5:27

The houses of these evil men are full of lies,\par like a cage full of birds.\par Their lies made them rich and powerful.\par

Micah 6:12

Rich people in that city are still cruel!\par The people in that city still tell lies.\par Yes, those people tell their lies!\par

Zechariah 5:6

I said, “I don’t know—what is it?”

Acts 16:19

The men that owned the servant girl saw this. These men knew that now they could not use her to make money. So they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them into the meeting place of the city. The city officials were there.

Judges 19:27

The Levite [161] man got up early the next morning. He wanted to go home. He opened the door to go outside. And a hand fell across the threshold of the door. There was his woman servant. [162] She had fallen down against the door.

1 Samuel 5:5

That is why, even today, Dagon’s priests or any other people who enter Dagon’s Temple at Ashdod refuse to step on the threshold.