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Ezekiel 22:6-13 The Sovereignty of God and the Responsibility of Man

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.

13 “‘I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst.

Cross References for Ezekiel 22:6-13

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