Isaiah 57:17

The Scriptures 1998

“For the crookedness of his unfair gain I was wroth and I smote him. I hid Myself and was wroth, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:9

What the eyes see is better than what the desire goes after. That too is futile and feeding on wind.

Isaiah 1:4

Alas, sinning nation, a people loaded with crookedness, a seed of evil-doers, sons acting corruptly! They have forsaken יהוה, they have provoked the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 2:7

And their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures. And their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots.

Isaiah 42:24

Who gave Yaʽ

Isaiah 45:15

Truly You are Ě

Isaiah 56:11

And the dogs have a strong appetite, they never have enough. And they are shepherds! They have not known understanding. All of them look to their own way, every one for his own gain, from his own end, saying,

Isaiah 64:9

Do not be wroth, O יהוה, nor remember crookedness forever. See, please look, all of us are Your people!

Isaiah 66:3

“But whoever slaughters the bull slays a man; whoever slaughters the lamb breaks a dog’s neck; whoever brings a grain offering – pig’s blood; whoever burns incense blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways, and their being delights in their abominations.

Isaiah 8:17

And I shall wait on יהוה, who hides His face from the house of Yaʽ

Isaiah 9:13

And the people have not turned back to Him who smites them, nor have they sought יהוה  of hosts.

Jeremiah 2:30

“In vain have I smitten your children – they received no instruction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart are only upon your own greedy gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and on doing violence.”

Jeremiah 3:14

“Return, O backsliding children,” declares יהוה, “for I shall rule over you, and shall take you, one from a city and two from a clan, and shall bring you to Tsiyon.

Jeremiah 3:22

“Return, O backsliding children, I shall make your backslidings cease.” “See, we have come to You, for You are יהוה  our Elohim.

Jeremiah 5:3

O יהוה, are Your eyes not on truth? You have smitten them, but they have not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive instruction. They made their faces harder than rock, they refused to turn back.

Jeremiah 51:13

You who dwell upon many waters, great in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your greedy gain.

Jeremiah 6:13

“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, they are all greedy for gain. And from the prophet even to the priest, all act falsely.

Jeremiah 8:10

“Therefore I give their wives to others, and their fields to possessing ones. For from the least even to the greatest, they are all greedy for gain. From the prophet to the priest, all act falsely.

Jeremiah 8:6

“I have listened and heard – they do not speak right. No man has repented of his evil, saying, ‘What have I done?’ They all turned to their own course, like a horse rushing into battle.

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.

Luke 12:15

And He said to them, “Mind, and beware of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the excess of his possessions.”

Colossians 3:5

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: whoring, uncleanness, passion, evil desire and greed of gain, which is idolatry.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those wishing to be rich fall into trial and a snare, and into many foolish and injurious lusts which plunge men in ruin and destruction.

2 Peter 2:14

having eyes filled with an adulteress, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable beings, having a heart trained in greed, children of a curse,

2 Peter 2:3

and in greed, with fabricated words, they shall use you for gain. From of old their judgment does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.