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Ezekiel 22:27

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

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ASV

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

KJV

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שָׂרֶ֣יהָsa.Rei.haprinces itsH8269 →
בְקִרְבָּ֔הּve.kir.Bahin midst itsH7130 →
כִּזְאֵבִ֖יםkiz.'e.Vim[are] like wolvesH2061 →
טֹ֣רְפֵיTo.re.feitearingH2963 →
טָ֑רֶףTa.ref<of> preyH2964 →
לִשְׁפָּךְ־lish.pokh-to shedH8210 →
דָּם֙dambloodH1818 →
לְאַבֵּ֣דle.'a.Bedto destroyH6 →
נְפָשׁ֔וֹתne.fa.ShotlivesH5315 →
לְמַ֖עַןle.Ma.'anso asH4616 →
בְּצֹ֥עַbe.Tzo.a'to make unjust gainH1214 →
בָּֽצַע׃Ba.tza'unjust gainH1215 →

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Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.Ezekiel 22:13Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.Psalms 58:2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.Ezekiel 45:8This land will be his possession in Israel. And My princes will no longer oppress My people, but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.Ezekiel 46:18The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”Ezekiel 11:6You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.Ezekiel 22:3and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.Ezekiel 22:6See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.Jeremiah 41:7And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”Ezekiel 33:25Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?Genesis 49:27Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

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