Zephaniah 3:3

King James 2000

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till the morning.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion, and a charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come before them.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safely, and none shall deliver it.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Jeremiah 23:11

For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 34:19

The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the desert shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: everyone that goes out there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the princes of Israel, each one in you used his power to shed blood.

Ezekiel 33:26

You stand upon your sword, you work abomination, and you defile every one his neighbor’s wife: and shall you possess the land?

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen press proudly on, their horsemen shall come from afar; they shall fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.