Zechariah 5:4

The Scriptures 1998

“I shall send it out,” declares יהוה  of hosts, “and it shall come into the house of the thief and the house of the one who shall swear falsely by My Name. And it shall remain in the midst of his house and shall consume it, both its timber and stones.”

Cross References

Job 18:15

In his tent dwells that which is none of his; brimstone is scattered on his house.

Job 20:26

All darkness waits for his treasures. A fire not blown consumes him, it destroys what remains in his tent.

Job 8:15

He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not last.

Job 8:22

those hating you put on shame, and the tent of the wrong is no more.”

Proverbs 3:33

The curse of יהוה  is on the house of the wrong, But He blesses the home of the righteous.

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, and those who dwell in it be punished. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth shall be burned, and few men shall be left.

Jeremiah 2:26

“As the thief is ashamed when he is found out, so is the house of Yisra’ĕ

Hosea 4:2

“Swearing, and lying, and murdering, and stealing, and committing adultery have increased. And bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Hosea 4:3

“Therefore the land mourns, and everyone living there languishes, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens. And the fish of the sea are taken away.

Amos 3:10

‘But they do not know to do what is right,’ declares יהוה, ‘these who store up plunder and loot in their palaces.’ ”

Zechariah 5:3

And he said to me, “This is the curse that goes forth over the face of all the earth: ‘everyone who is stealing shall go unpunished,’ on the one side, according to it, and, ‘everyone who has sworn falsely shall go unpunished,’ on the other side, according to it.”

Zechariah 8:17

‘And do not plot evil in your heart against another, and do not love a false oath. For all these I hate,’ declares יהוה.”

Malachi 3:5

“And I shall draw near to you for right-ruling. And I shall be a swift witness against the practisers of witchcraft, and against adulterers, and against them that swear to falsehood, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and those who turn away a sojourner and do not fear Me,” said יהוה  of hosts.

Deuteronomy 28:16

“Cursed are you in the city, and cursed are you in the field.

Deuteronomy 7:26

“And do not bring an abomination into your house, lest you be accursed like it. Utterly loathe it and utterly hate it, for it is accursed.

Joshua 9:20

“Let us do this to them: We shall keep them alive, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them.”