Zephaniah 1:9

World Messianic Bible British Edition

In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people, but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.

Jeremiah 5:27

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

Amos 3:10

“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says the LORD, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”

Micah 6:12

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

Zechariah 5:6

I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the efah basket that is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is their appearance in all the land—

Acts 16:19

But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

Judges 19:27

Her lord rose up in the morning and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and behold, the woman his concubine had fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

1 Samuel 5:5

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