Ezekiel 22:27

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

Her rulers in her midst are like wolves tearing prey, to pour out blood, to destroy souls, in order to gain unjust gain.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:14

Also, all the heads of the priests, and the people were continually acting unfaithfully according to all the disgusting things of the nations; and they defiled the house of Jehovah that He had sanctified in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 17:23

The wicked one takes a bribe out of the bosom to stretch the paths of justice.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebelling and are companions of thieves. Everyone loves a present, and is pursuing bribes. They do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

Jeremiah 34:19

the rulers of Judah and the rulers of Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf;

Jeremiah 41:7

And when they came into the middle of the city, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, slaughtered them, he and the men with him, throwing them into the middle of the pit.

Jeremiah 5:6

On account of this a lion out of the forest shall strike them; a wolf of the desert shall destroy them; a leopard is watching over their cities. Everyone who goes out from them shall be torn, because their transgressions are many; their apostasies are numerous.

Lamentations 4:13

because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, pouring out the blood of the righteous ones in her midst,

Ezekiel 13:19

And will you profane Me among My people for handfuls of barley, and for bits of bread, to cause to die the souls that should not die, and to save alive the souls that should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies?

Ezekiel 22:13

And behold! I have struck My palm against your unjust gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in your midst.

Ezekiel 22:25

A plot by her prophets is in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing prey. They have devoured souls and they have taken the riches and gems. They multiplied her widows in her midst.

Ezekiel 22:3

And you shall say, So says the Lord Jehovah: The city pours out blood in her midst, that her time may come. And she makes idols against herself, to defile herself.

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the rulers of Israel, each man by his might, have been in you in order to pour out blood.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you as peoples come, and they sit before you as My people. And they hear your words, but they do not do them. For they produce much love with their mouth, but their heart goes after their unjust gain.

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you sacrifice the fat ones, and you do not feed the flock.

Ezekiel 36:12

And I will cause men to walk on you, My people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you will be an inheritance to them and will not any more add to their bereavement.

Ezekiel 45:8

It shall be for a land to him, for a possession in Israel, and My rulers shall not oppress My people any more. And they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

Ezekiel 45:9

So says the Lord Jehovah: Enough for you, O rulers of Israel! Turn away violence and oppression, and do judgment and righteousness. Lift away your acts of violence from My people, a statement of the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 46:18

And the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, oppressing them from their possession. He shall bequeath to his sons from his possession, so that My people shall not be dispersed, each man from his possession.

Micah 7:8

Rejoice not against me, my enemy; for if I fall, I shall arise. For if I sit in darkness, Jehovah is a light to me.

Habakkuk 2:9

Woe to him gaining evil gain for his house, to set his nest in the height, to be snatched from the palm of evil!

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw bones for the morning.

Matthew 21:13

And He said to them, It has been written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but you have “made it a den of plunderers.” Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11

Matthew 7:15

But beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inside they are plundering wolves.

Acts 20:29

For I know this, that after my departure unsparing wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

Acts 24:9

And the Jews also joined in, asserting these things to have been so.