Ezekiel 22:27

The Scriptures 1998

“Her leaders in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy lives, and to get greedy gain.

Cross References

Ezekiel 22:13

“And see, I shall smite My hand because of your greedy gain which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.

Ezekiel 22:6

“See the leaders of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.

Matthew 21:13

And He said to them, “It has been written, ‘My House shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers.’ ”

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until morning.

Micah 7:8

Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. When I have fallen I have risen, when I sit in darkness יהוה  is a light to me.

Ezekiel 45:9

‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “Enough, you princes of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 22:25

“There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured life, they have taken wealth and precious matters, they have made many widows in her midst.

Matthew 7:15

“But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are savage wolves.

Acts 20:29

“For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves shall come in among you, not sparing the flock.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion from the forest shall smite them, a wolf of the deserts ravage them. A leopard is watching over their cities, whoever comes out of them is torn in pieces. For their transgressions have been many, their backslidings have been numerous.

Jeremiah 34:19

the heads of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 41:7

And it came to be, when they came inside the city, that Yishmaʽ

Ezekiel 22:3

“And you shall say, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “The city sheds blood in her midst, that her time might come. And she has made idols within herself to become defiled.

Ezekiel 33:31

“And they come to you as people do, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love – their hearts pursue their greedy gain.

Ezekiel 34:3

“You eat the fat and you put on the wool. You slaughter the fatlings – you do not feed the flock.

Ezekiel 36:12

“And I shall let men, My people Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 45:8

“Of the land this is his possession in Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 46:18

“And the prince does not take any of the people’s inheritance by evicting them from their possession. He is to give his sons their inheritance from his own possession, so that none of My people are separated from his possession.” ’ ”

Habakkuk 2:9

“Woe to him who is getting evil gain for his house, in order to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of evil!

2 Chronicles 36:14

Also, all the heads of the priests and the people trespassed more and more, according to all the abominations of the gentiles, and they defiled the House of יהוה  which He had set apart in Yerushalayim.

Proverbs 17:23

One who is wrong accepts a bribe behind the back To pervert the paths of right-ruling.

Lamentations 4:13

It was because of the sins of her prophets, The crookednesses of her priests, Who shed in her midst the blood of the righteous.

Ezekiel 13:19

“And you have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to put to death beings that should not die, and to keep alive beings who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies!”

Acts 24:9

And the Yehuḏ