Hosea 4:8
8 aThey feed on the sin ▼▼Or sin offering
of my people;they are greedy for their iniquity.
Hosea 12:7-8
7 A merchant, in whose hands are cfalse balances,he loves dto oppress.
8Ephraim has said, “Ah, but eI am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors fthey cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
Acts 16:19
19But gwhen her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and hdragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.2 Peter 2:3
3And iin their greed they will exploit you jwith false words. kTheir condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.Revelation of John 18:3
3For all nations have drunk ▼▼Some manuscripts fallen by
mthe wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and nthe kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
and othe merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”
Revelation of John 18:11-19
11And pthe merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, 12cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, 13cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls. ▼▼Or and slaves, and human lives
14 “The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
are lost to you,
never to be found again!”
15 rThe merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, swill stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,
16 “Alas, alas, for the great city
tthat was clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!
17For uin a single hour all this wealth vhas been laid waste.”
And wall shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off 18and xcried out yas they saw the smoke of her burning,
z“What city was like the great city?”
19And they threw aadust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, for the great city
abwhere all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For acin a single hour she has been laid waste.
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