Zechariah 5:4

New Century Version

The Lord All-Powerful says, ‘I will send it to the houses of thieves and to those who use my name to make false promises. The scroll will stay in that person’s house and destroy it with its wood and stones.’ ”

Cross References

Job 18:15

Their tents are set on fire, and sulfur is scattered over their homes.

Job 20:26

total darkness waits for their treasure. A fire not fanned by people will destroy them and burn up what is left of their tents.

Job 8:15

They lean on the spider’s web, but it breaks. They grab it, but it does not hold up.

Job 8:22

Your enemies will be covered with shame, and the tents of the wicked will be gone.”

Proverbs 3:33

The Lord will curse the evil person’s house, but he will bless the home of those who do right.

Isaiah 24:6

So a curse will destroy the earth. The people of the world are guilty, so they will be burned up; only a few will be left.

Jeremiah 2:26

“A thief is ashamed when someone catches him stealing. In the same way, the family of Israel is ashamed— they, their kings, their officers, their priests, and their prophets.

Hosea 4:2

Cursing, lying, killing, stealing and adultery are everywhere. One murder follows another.

Hosea 4:3

Because of this the land dries up, and all its people are dying. Even the wild animals and the birds of the air and the fish of the sea are dying.

Amos 3:10

“The people don’t know how to do what is right,” says the Lord. “Their strong buildings are filled with treasures they took by force from others.”

Zechariah 5:3

And he said to me, “This is the curse that will go all over the land. One side says every thief will be taken away. The other side says everyone who makes false promises will be taken away.

Zechariah 8:17

Do not make plans to hurt your neighbors, and don’t love false promises. I hate all these things,” says the Lord.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Then I will come to you and judge you. I will be quick to testify against those who take part in evil magic, adultery, and lying under oath, those who cheat workers of their pay and who cheat widows and orphans, those who are unfair to foreigners, and those who do not respect me.

Deuteronomy 28:16

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

Deuteronomy 7:26

Do not bring one of those hateful things into your house, or you will be completely destroyed along with it. Hate and reject those things; they must be completely destroyed.

Joshua 9:20

This is what we must do. We must let them live. Otherwise, God’s anger will be against us for breaking the oath we swore to them.