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Zephaniah 1:9

On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.

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ASV

And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

KJV

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּפָקַדְתִּ֗יu.fa.kad.Tiand I will visit [judgment]H6485 →
עַ֧ל'alonH5921 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
הַדּוֹלֵ֛גha.do.Leg<the> [one who] leapsH1801 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
הַמִּפְתָּ֖ןha.mif.Tanthe thresholdH4670 →
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117 →
הַה֑וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →
הַֽמְמַלְאִ֛יםha.mal.'Imthose [who] fillH4390 →
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
אֲדֹנֵיהֶ֖ם'a.do.nei.Hemlord<s> theirH113 →
חָמָ֥סcha.MasviolenceH2555 →
וּמִרְמָֽה׃ סu.mir.Mahand deceitH4820 →

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1 Samuel 5:5That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.Amos 3:10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”Nehemiah 5:15The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.Proverbs 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.1 Samuel 2:15–16Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”2 Kings 5:20–27Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”Ezekiel 8:17“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!Acts 16:19When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.Leviticus 6:4once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,Micah 6:10Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?1 Kings 18:26And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.Zephaniah 1:13Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.Ezekiel 18:7He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.Ezekiel 28:16By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.Isaiah 59:6Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

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