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Ezekiel 22:6-12

6 “‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.

7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the alien and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

8 You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.

9 In you are slanderous men bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.

10 In you are those who dishonor their fathers’ bed; in you are those who violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean.

11 In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor’s wife, another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law, and another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.

12 In you men accept bribes to shed blood; you take usury and excessive interest and make unjust gain from your neighbors by extortion. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Cross References for Ezekiel 22:6-12

Micah 7:3 - Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the po... Click to read the verse Micah 7:3 Click to read the verse Micah 7:3

Psalms 94:21 - They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. Click to read the verse Psalms 94:21 Click to read the verse Psalms 94:21

Zephaniah 3:3 - Her officials are roaring lions, her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning. Click to read the verse Zephaniah 3:3 Click to read the verse Zephaniah 3:3

Ezekiel 22:27 - Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 22:27 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 22:27

Isaiah 1:23 - Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They... Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:23 Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:23

Daniel 9:8 - O Lord, we and our kings, our princes and our fathers are covered with shame because we have si... Click to read the verse Daniel 9:8 Click to read the verse Daniel 9:8

Ezekiel 33:25 - Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you eat meat with the blood... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 33:25 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 33:25

2 Chronicles 36:14 - Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, fol... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 36:14 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 36:14

Job 31:39 - if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants, Click to read the verse Job 31:39 Click to read the verse Job 31:39

Isaiah 59:7 - Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil though... Click to read the verse Isaiah 59:7 Click to read the verse Isaiah 59:7

Micah 2:1 - Man’s Plans and God’s Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At ... Click to read the verse Micah 2:1 Click to read the verse Micah 2:1

Jeremiah 26:10 - When the officials of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 26:10 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 26:10

Jeremiah 5:5 - So I will go to the leaders and speak to them; surely they know the way of the Lord, the requir... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 5:5 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 5:5

Micah 3:9-11 - Hear this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who despise ju... Click to read the verse Micah 3:9-11 Click to read the verse Micah 3:9-11

Zechariah 3:3 - Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. Click to read the verse Zechariah 3:3 Click to read the verse Zechariah 3:3

Nehemiah 9:34 - Our kings, our leaders, our priests and our fathers did not follow your law; they did not pay a... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:34 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:34

Jeremiah 3:5 - will you always be angry? Will your wrath continue forever?’ This is how you talk, but you do a... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:5 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:5

Micah 3:1-3 - Leaders and Prophets Rebuked Then I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the hous... Click to read the verse Micah 3:1-3 Click to read the verse Micah 3:1-3

Ezekiel 22:3 - and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: O city that brings on herself doom by shedding ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 22:3 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 22:3

Jeremiah 2:26-27 - “As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced— they, their ki... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:26-27 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:26-27

Jeremiah 32:32 - The people of Israel and Judah have provoked me by all the evil they have done—they, their king... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 32:32 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 32:32