Zechariah 5:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I have sent it out, says the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name, and it shall abide in that house and consume it, both timber and stones.”

Cross References

Job 18:15

In their tents nothing remains; sulfur is scattered upon their habitations.

Job 20:26

Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures; a fire fanned by no one will devour them; what is left in their tent will be consumed.

Job 8:15

If one leans against its house, it will not stand; if one lays hold of it, it will not endure.

Job 8:22

Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

Proverbs 3:33

The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the abode of the righteous.

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth dwindled, and few people are left.

Jeremiah 2:26

As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel shall be shamed: they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets,

Hosea 4:2

Swearing, lying, and murder, and stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish; together with the wild animals and the birds of the air, even the fish of the sea are perishing.

Amos 3:10

They do not know how to do right, says the Lord, those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.

Zechariah 5:3

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land, for everyone who has stolen, as is forbidden on one side, has gone unpunished, and everyone who has sworn falsely, as is forbidden on the other side, has gone unpunished.

Zechariah 8:17

do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these are things that I hate, says the Lord.”

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Deuteronomy 28:16

“Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.

Deuteronomy 7:26

Do not bring an abhorrent thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction like it. You must utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction.

Joshua 9:20

This is what we will do to them: we will let them live, so that wrath may not come upon us, because of the oath that we swore to them.”