Zephaniah 1:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters <FI>With<Fi> violence and deceit.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Zephaniah 1:9 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 2:15Even 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.”
- 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.
- 2 Kings 5:20Gehazi, 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.”
- 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.
- Amos 3:10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
- Micah 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
- Zechariah 5:6“What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”
- 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.
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