Zephaniah 1:9

New International Version

On that day I will punish all who avoid stepping on the threshold, who fill the temple of their gods with violence and deceit.

Cross References

1 Samuel 5:5

That is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor any others who enter Dagon’s temple at Ashdod step on the threshold.

Amos 3:10

“They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord, “who store up in their fortresses what they have plundered and looted.”

Acts 16:19

When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the earlier governors—those preceding me—placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels of silver from them in addition to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people. But out of reverence for God I did not act like that.

Judges 19:27

When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and stepped out to continue on his way, there lay his concubine, fallen in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

Jeremiah 5:27

Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful

Micah 6:12

Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.

Zechariah 5:6

I asked, “What is it?” He replied, “It is a basket.” And he added, “This is the iniquity of the people throughout the land.”