Judg 18:19-20, 29-31, 2Sa 4:10-11, Pro 1:19, Isa 1:23, 56:11, Jer 5:27 | ESV | STEP | And they said to him, Keep quiet ; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest . Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man , or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel ?

Judges 18:19-20

19 And they said to him, “Keep quiet; ^aput your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us ^ba father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?” 20 And the priest’s heart was glad. He took the ephod and the household gods and the carved image and went along with the people.

Judges 18:29-31

29 And they named the city ^cDan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but ^dthe name of the city was Laish at the first. 30 And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, ^eson of Moses, ^{▼▼Or Manasseh} ^gand his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day ^hof the captivity of the land. 31 So they set up Micah’s carved image that he made, ⁱas long as the house of God was at Shiloh.

2 Samuel 4:10-11

10 ^jwhen one told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, ^kI seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news. 11 How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now ^lrequire his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?”

Proverbs 1:19

19 ^mSuch are the ways of everyone who is ⁿgreedy for unjust gain;
^oit takes away the life of its possessors.

Isaiah 1:23

23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone ^ploves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
^qThey do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

Isaiah 56:11

11 ^rThe dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But ^sthey are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
^teach to his own gain, one and all.

Jeremiah 5:27

27 Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;