Zechariah 5:4

Modern English Version

I will send it out, says the Lord of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain in his house and consume it, with its timber and stones.”

Cross References

Job 18:15

They dwell in his tent who have no part with him; brimstone will be scattered upon his habitation.

Job 20:26

Total darkness is stored up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will consume him; what is left in his tent will be consumed.

Job 8:15

He will lean upon his house, but it will not stand; he will hold it fast, but it will not endure.

Job 8:22

Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing.”

Proverbs 3:33

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore, the curse devours the earth, and those who dwell in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.

Jeremiah 2:26

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed. They, their kings, their officials, and their priests, and their prophets

Hosea 4:2

Swearing, lying, and killing, and stealing and adultery break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land dries up, and everyone who lives in it withers with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky; even the fish of the sea disappear.

Amos 3:10

They do not know how to do right, says the Lord, storing up violence and destruction in their fortresses.

Zechariah 5:3

He said to me, “This is the curse going out over the surface of all the land. Everyone who steals will be purged according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be purged according to the writing on the other side.

Zechariah 8:17

Let none of you consider evil plans in your heart against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, says the Lord.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn aside the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord of Hosts.

Deuteronomy 28:16

You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.

Deuteronomy 7:26

You shall not bring an abomination into your house, lest you become cursed like it, but you must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is a cursed thing.

Joshua 9:20

This is what we will do to them. We will let them live so that wrath will not come upon us due to the oath that we swore to them.”