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Ezekiel 22:9

Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.

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ASV

Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.

KJV

In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַנְשֵׁ֥י'an.Sheipeople ofH582 →
רָכִ֛ילra.KhilslanderH7400 →
הָ֥יוּHa.yuthey have beenH1961 →
בָ֖ךְvakhin you
לְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anso asH4616 →
שְׁפָךְ־she.fokh-to shedH8210 →
דָּ֑םDambloodH1818 →
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and toH413 →
הֶֽהָרִים֙he.ha.Rimthe mountainsH2022 →
אָ֣כְלוּ'A.khe.luthey have eatenH398 →
בָ֔ךְVakhin you
זִמָּ֖הzi.MahlicentiousnessH2154 →
עָשׂ֥וּ'a.Suthey have doneH6213 →
בְתוֹכֵֽךְ׃ve.to.Khekhin [the] midst of youH8432 →

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Hosea 4:14I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.Hosea 4:10They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”1 Corinthians 10:18–21Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?Ezekiel 18:11though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.Ezekiel 18:6He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.Revelation 12:9–10And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.Ezekiel 16:43Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?Psalms 50:20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.1 Samuel 24:1After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”Judges 20:6Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.Acts 6:11–13Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

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