Jeremiah 22:17

New American Bible - revised edition

But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own gain, On shedding innocent blood and practicing oppression and extortion.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:19

Tell him: “Thus says the Lord: After murdering, do you also take possession?” And tell him, “Thus says the Lord: In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs shall lick up your blood, too.”

2 Kings 23:37

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, just as his ancestors had done.

2 Kings 24:4

and especially because of the innocent blood he shed; he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not forgive.

2 Chronicles 36:8

The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominable things that he did, and what therefore happened to him, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king. Jehoiachin.

Job 31:7

If my steps have turned out of the way, and my heart has followed my eyes, or any stain clings to my hands,

Psalm 10:3

The wicked even boast of their greed; these robbers curse and scorn the Lord.

Exodus 18:21

But you should also look among all the people for able and God-fearing men, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain, and set them over the people as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Proverbs 24:2

For their hearts plot violence, and their lips speak of foul play.

Isaiah 56:11

Yes, the dogs have a ravenous appetite; they never know satiety, Shepherds who have no understanding; all have turned their own way, each one covetous for gain:

Jeremiah 17:11

A partridge that broods but does not hatch are those who acquire wealth unjustly: In midlife it will desert them; in the end they are only fools.

Jeremiah 19:4

All because they have forsaken me and profaned this place by burning incense to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors knew; and because the kings of Judah have filled this place with innocent blood,

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: Do what is right and just. Rescue the victims from the hand of their oppressors. Do not wrong or oppress the resident alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 6:13

Small and great alike, all are greedy for gain; prophet and priest, all practice fraud.

Jeremiah 6:6

For thus says the Lord of hosts: Hew down her trees, throw up a siege mound against Jerusalem. Woe to the city marked for punishment; there is nothing but oppression within her!

Jeremiah 7:6

if you no longer oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow; if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow after other gods to your own harm,

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore, I will give their wives to other men, their fields to new owners. Small and great alike, all are greedy for gain, prophet and priest, all practice fraud.

Ezekiel 18:12

oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not give back a pledge, raises his eyes to idols, does abominable things,

Ezekiel 19:6

He prowled among the lions, became a young lion; He learned to tear apart prey, he devoured people.

Ezekiel 19:7

He ravaged their strongholds, laid waste their cities. The earth and everything in it were terrified at the sound of his roar.

Ezekiel 19:9

They put him in fetters and took him away to the king of Babylon, So his roar would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 22:6

See! the princes of Israel within you use their power to shed blood.

Ezekiel 33:31

My people come to you, gathering as a crowd and sitting in front of you to hear your words, but they will not act on them. Love songs are on their lips, but in their hearts they pursue dishonest gain.

Micah 2:2

You covet fields, and seize them; houses, and take them; You cheat owners of their houses, people of their inheritance.

Micah 3:10

Who build up Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness!

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officials within it are roaring lions; Its judges are desert wolves that have no bones to gnaw by morning.

Romans 1:29

They are filled with every form of wickedness, evil, greed, and malice; full of envy, murder, rivalry, treachery, and spite. They are gossips

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Colossians 3:5

Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly: immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and the greed that is idolatry.

Joshua 7:21

Among the spoils, I saw a beautiful Babylonian mantle, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight; I coveted them and I took them. They are now hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

2 Peter 2:14

Their eyes are full of adultery and insatiable for sin. They seduce unstable people, and their hearts are trained in greed. Accursed children!

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with fabrications, but from of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction does not sleep. Lessons from the Past.

1 Samuel 8:3

His sons did not follow his example, but looked to their own gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.