Zechariah 5:3

God's Word

Then he said to me, “This is a curse that will go out all over the earth. The one side of the scroll says that every thief will be forced away. The other side of the scroll says that everyone who takes an oath will be forced away.

Cross References

Exodus 20:15

“Never steal.

Proverbs 29:24

Whoever is a thief’s partner hates his own life. He will not testify under oath.

Proverbs 3:33

The Lord curses the house of wicked people, but he blesses the home of righteous people.

Proverbs 30:9

or I may feel satisfied and deny you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ or I may become poor and steal and give the name of my God a bad reputation.

Isaiah 24:6

That is why a curse devours the earth, and its people are punished for their guilt. That is why those who live on the earth are burned up, and only a few people are left.

Isaiah 43:28

That is why I will corrupt the leaders of the holy place. I will claim Jacob for destruction. I will set up Israel for ridicule.

Isaiah 48:1

Listen to this, descendants of Jacob! You are given the name of Israel. You are descended from Judah. You take oaths by the name of the Lord. You acknowledge the God of Israel, but you are not honest or sincere.

Jeremiah 23:10

The land is filled with adulterers. The land mourns because of the curse. Pastures in the wilderness have dried up. The people are evil, and they use their strength to do the wrong things.

Jeremiah 26:6

Then I will do to this temple what I did to Shiloh. I will turn this city into something that will be cursed by all the nations on earth.’ ”

Jeremiah 5:2

People say, “As the Lord lives …” Yet, they lie when they take this oath.

Jeremiah 7:9

You steal, murder, commit adultery, lie when you take oaths, burn incense as an offering to Baal, and run after other gods that you do not know.

Ezekiel 2:9

As I looked, I saw a hand stretched out toward me. In it was a scroll.

Daniel 9:11

All Israel has ignored your teachings and refused to listen to you. So you brought on us the curses you swore in an oath, the curses written in the Teachings of your servant Moses. We sinned against you.

Hosea 4:2

There is cursing, lying, murdering, stealing, and adultery. People break ⌞my laws⌟, and there is one murder after another.

Leviticus 19:11

“Never steal, lie, or deceive your neighbor.

Leviticus 19:12

“Never swear by my name in order to deceive anyone. This dishonors the name of your God. I am the Lord.

Amos 3:10

Those who collect profits in their palaces through violent and destructive acts don’t know how to do what is right, declares the Lord.

Zechariah 5:4

I will send out a curse, declares the Lord of Armies, and it will enter the houses of thieves and the houses of those who take oaths in my name. It will stay in their houses and destroy the timber and stone.”

Zechariah 8:17

Don’t even think of doing evil to each other. Don’t enjoy false testimony. I hate all these things, declares the Lord.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.

Malachi 4:6

He will change parents’ attitudes toward their children and children’s attitudes toward their parents. If not, I will come and reclaim my land by destroying you.”

Matthew 25:41

“Then the king will say to those on his left, ‘Get away from me! God has cursed you! Go into everlasting fire that was prepared for the devil and his angels!

Luke 21:35

like a trap that catches a bird. That day will surprise all people who live on the earth.

Ephesians 4:28

Thieves must quit stealing and, instead, they must work hard. They should do something good with their hands so that they’ll have something to share with those in need.

1 Timothy 1:9

For example, a person must realize that those laws are not intended for people who have God’s approval. Laws are intended for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for those who think nothing is holy or sacred, for those who kill their fathers, their mothers, or other people.

James 5:12

Above all things, my brothers and sisters, do not take an oath on anything in heaven or on earth. Do not take any oath. If you mean yes, say yes. If you mean no, say no. Do this so that you won’t be condemned.

James 5:4

The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout ⌞to God⌟ against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.

Joshua 9:20

We must let them live to avoid ⌞the Lord’s⌟ anger because of the oath we swore.”

Revelation 21:8

But cowardly, unfaithful, and detestable people, murderers, sexual sinners, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside are dogs, sorcerers, sexual sinners, murderers, idolaters, and all who lie in what they say and what they do.