Isaiah 57:17

Modern King James Version

For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid Myself, and was angry, and he went on turning away in the way of his heart.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Isaiah 1:4

Woe, sinful nation, a people heavy with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, sons who corrupt! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger; they have gone away backward.

Isaiah 2:7

And their land is full of silver and gold. There is no end of their treasures and their land is full of horses; nor an end of their chariots.

Isaiah 42:24

Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to robbers? Did not Jehovah, against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in His ways, nor did they obey His Law.

Isaiah 45:15

Truly You are a God who hides Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

Isaiah 56:11

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough; and they are shepherds who cannot understand. They all look to their own way, every one for his gain, to his own end.

Isaiah 64:9

Do not be grievously angry, O Jehovah, nor remember iniquity forever. Behold! Look, please; all of us are Your people.

Isaiah 66:3

He who kills an ox is is as if he killed a man; he who sacrifices a lamb is as if he broke a dog's neck; he who offers an offering is as if he offered swine's blood; he who burns incense is as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.

Isaiah 8:17

And I will wait on Jehovah, who hides His face from the house of Jacob; and I will look for Him.

Isaiah 9:13

For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them, nor do they seek Jehovah of Hosts.

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain I have stricken your sons; they received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your unjust gain, and to shed innocent blood, and for cruelty, and to do violence.

Jeremiah 3:14

Turn, O backsliding sons, says Jehovah; for I am married to you; and I will take you one from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

Jeremiah 3:22

Return, O backsliding sons, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to You; for You are Jehovah our God.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Jehovah, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You have destroyed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to return.

Jeremiah 51:13

O you who live on many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your unjust gain.

Jeremiah 6:13

For everyone from the least of them even to the greatest of them cuts off a profit; and from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall inherit them, for everyone from the least even to the greatest cuts off a profit. From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 8:6

I listened and heard, but they did not speak right; no man repented of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone turned in their own courses, as the horse rushes into the battle.

Ezekiel 33:31

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

Luke 12:15

And He said to them, Watch and keep yourselves from covetousness. For a man's life is not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (which is idolatry),

1 Timothy 6:9

But they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which plunge men into destruction and perdition.

2 Peter 2:14

having eyes full of adultery and never ceasing from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children

2 Peter 2:3

And through covetousness they will use you for gain with well-turned words; for whom judgment from of old does not linger, and their destruction does not sleep.