Crime

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• PARTIAL LISTS OFEzekiel 22:8–12Ezekiel 22:27–30Hosea 4:1Hosea 4:2Matthew 15:19Mark 7:21Mark 7:22Romans 1:24Romans 1:29–32Romans 3:14–18Romans 13:91 Corinthians 5:11Galatians 5:19–21
• See under terms by which various crimes are known
• See Adultery
• See Arson
• See Homicide
• See Theft, and the like
• See Punishment

The passages, in Bible order (13)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 13 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Ezekiel 22:8–12

   You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

   ›Commentary on Ezekiel 22:8–121 voice

   “Thou hast despised mine holy things,.... The holy place, the temple, and the worship of it; holy persons, the priests that officiated there; holy sacrifices offered up by them; the holy word of God read and explained; and all holy ordinances there administered. These words are directed to Jerusalem, the holy city, and to the inhabitants of it, who ought to have been holy men: and hast profaned my sabbaths; by doing their own work, and neglecting the service of God; and which was an inlet, as it usually is, to all manner of sin.”

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2. Ezekiel 22:27–30

   Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

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3. Hosea 4:1

   Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

   ›Commentary on Hosea 4:11 voice

   “Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel - The prophet begins here, in a series of pictures as it were, to exhibit the people of Israel to themselves, that they might know that God did not do without cause all this which He denounced against them. Here, at the outset, He summons, the whole people, their prophets and priests, before the judgment seat of God, where God would condescend, Himself to implead them, and hear, if they had ought in their defense.”

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4. Hosea 4:2

   Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

   ›Commentary on Hosea 4:21 voice

   “By swearing, and lying - Where there is no truth there will be lies and perjury; for false swearing is brought in to confirm lying statements. And when there is no mercy, killing, slaying, and murders, will be frequent. And where there is no knowledge of God, no conviction of his omnipresence and omniscience, private offenses, such as stealing, adulteries, etc., will prevail. These, sooner or later, break out, become a flood, and carry all before them.”

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5. Matthew 15:19

   For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

   ›Commentary on Matthew 15:192 voices

   “(Verse 19, 20.) For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies: these are the things that defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a person. 'For out of the heart,' he says, 'come evil thoughts.' Therefore, according to Christ and not according to Plato, the soul's principal place is in the heart, not in the brain. Those who believe that evil thoughts are instilled by the devil and not born out of one's own will can be argued against based on this statement.”

   “Out of the heart - In the heart of an unregenerate man, the principles and seeds of all sin are found. And iniquity is always conceived in the heart before it be spoken or acted. Is there any hope that a man can abstain from outward sin till his heart, that abominable fountain of corruption, be thoroughly cleansed? I trow not. Evil thoughts - Διαλογισμοι πονηροι, wicked dialogues - for in all evil surmisings the heart holds a conversation, or dialogue, with itself. For φονοι, murders, two MSS. have φθονοι, envyings, and three others have both.”

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6. Mark 7:21

   For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

   ›Commentary on Mark 7:211 voice

   “(non occ.) The meaning of which He points out, when He subjoins, for from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts. And thus it appears that evil thoughts belong to the mind, which is here called the heart, and according to which a man is called good or bad, clean or unclean.”

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7. Mark 7:22

   greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

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8. Romans 1:24

   Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

   ›Commentary on Romans 1:241 voice

   “God - gave them up, etc. - They had filled up the measure of their iniquities, and God, by permitting them to plunge into all manner of irregularities, thus, by one species of sin, inflicted punishment on another. Dishonour their own bodies - Probably alluding here to what is more openly expressed, Rom 1:26, Rom 1:27. Between themselves - εν εαυτοις, Of themselves, of their own free accord; none inciting, none impelling.”

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9. Romans 1:29–32

   They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

   ›Commentary on Romans 1:29–322 voices

   “Notice how he intensifies the speech; he calls them filled, and moreover with ‘all’ unrighteousness, that is, having reached the utmost degree of every vice. Then he enumerates the kinds of vice as well. By the name ‘fornication’ he denotes every kind of impurity in …”

   “Being filled - That is, the things which he specifies were common or abounded among them. This is a strong phrase, denoting that these things were so often practiced as that it might be said they were full of them. We have a phrase like this still, when we say of one that he is full of mischief, etc. Unrighteousness - ἀδικία adikia. This is a word denoting injustice, or iniquity in general. The particular specifications of the iniquity follow. Fornication - This was a common and almost universal sin among the ancients, as it is among the moderns.”

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10. Romans 3:14–18

    “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

    ›Commentary on Romans 3:14–182 voices

    “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. These words are taken from Psa 10:7, by cursing is meant, cursing of God, which is sometimes internal with the heart, and sometimes external with the mouth, as here; and of all good men, though without cause, and to no purpose with respect to the persons they curse, since God has blessed them, and they are blessed, and greatly to their own detriment, for, in the issue, their curses will be turned against themselves.”

    “Whose mouth - Psa 10:7. The apostle has not quoted this literally, but has given the sense. David in the psalm is describing his bitter enemies. Cursing - Reproachful and opprobrious language, such as Shimei used in relation to David; 2Sa 16:5, 2Sa 16:7-8. Bitterness - In the psalm, deceits. The word ‘bitterness’ is used to denote severity, harshness, cruelty; reproachful and malicious words.”

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11. Romans 13:9

    The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

    ›Commentary on Romans 13:91 voice

    “For this - ‘This’ which follows is the sum of the laws. ‘This’ is to regulate us in our conduct toward our neighbor. The word ‘this’ here stands opposed to ‘that’ in Rom 13:11. This law of love would prompt us to seek our neighbor’s good; ‘that’ fact, that our salvation is near, would prompt us to be active and faithful in the discharge of all the duties we owe to him.”

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12. 1 Corinthians 5:11

    But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

    ›Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5:112 voices

    “Who is named a brother - That is, a Christian; especially if a member of the same congregation. Rapacious - Guilty of oppression, extortion, or any open injustice. No, not to eat with him - Which is the lowest degree of familiarity.”

    “And we have the precept: ‘If any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such an one no not to eat.’ And again does the apostle say, ‘Let no man deceive you with vain words; for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of mistrust. Be not ye therefore partakers with them.’”

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13. Galatians 5:19–21

    The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

    ›Commentary on Galatians 5:19–212 voices

    “Which are these - He enumerates those ‘works of the flesh’ to which the Galatians were most inclined; and those parts of ‘the fruit of the Spirit’ of which they stood in the greatest need. Lasciviousness - The Greek word means anything inward or outward that is contrary to chastity, and yet short of actual uncleanness.”

    “(Verses 19-21.) The works of the flesh are evident, which are: fornication, impurity, debauchery, idolatry, witchcraft, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition, dissension, factions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”

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