Zephaniah 1:9

New King James Version

In the same day I will punish All those who leap over the threshold, Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

Cross References

1 Samuel 5:5

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

Amos 3:10

For they do not know to do right,’ Says the Lord, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”

Acts 16:19

But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler pays attention to lies, All his servants become wicked.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

Judges 19:27

When her master arose in the morning, and opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way, there was his concubine, fallen at the door of the house with her hands on the threshold.

Jeremiah 5:27

As a cage is full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and grown rich.

Micah 6:12

For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Zechariah 5:6

So I asked, “What is it?” And he said, “It is a basket that is going forth.” He also said, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth: