Jeremiah 5:31 The
prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests
bear rule by their means; and my people love [
to have it] so:
and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 6:13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one [
is] given to covetousness;
and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Jeremiah 8:10 Therefore
will I give their wives unto others, [
and] their fields to them that shall inherit [
them]:
for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness,
from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Ezekiel 22:25-
31 [
There is]
a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof,
like a roaring lion
ravening the prey;
they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. ... Therefore
have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath:
their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
Hosea 6:9 And
as troops of robbers wait for a man,
[so] the company of priests murder in the way
by consent: for they commit
lewdness.
Micah 3:11 The
heads thereof judge for reward,
and the priests thereof teach for hire,
and the prophets thereof divine for money:
yet will they lean upon the LORD,
and say, [
Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Micah 7:2-
3 The
good [
man] is perished out of the earth: and [
there is] none upright among men:
they all lie in wait for blood; they
hunt every man his brother with a net. ... That they may
do evil with both hands earnestly,
the prince asketh, and the judge [
asketh] for a reward; and
the great [
man], he uttereth
his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Zephaniah 3:1-
4 Woe to
her that is filthy and polluted,
to the oppressing city! ... Her prophets [
are]
light [
and] treacherous persons:
her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Matthew 21:38-
39 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves,
This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. ... And they
caught him, and
cast [
him] out of the vineyard, and
slew [
him].
Matthew 26:3-
4 Then
assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto
the palace of the high priest, who was called
Caiaphas, ... And
consulted that they might take Jesus
by subtilty, and kill [
him].
Matthew 26:15 And said [
unto them],
What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for
thirty pieces of silver.
John 11:53 Then
from that day forth
they took counsel together for to
put him to death.
Acts 23:12-
15 And when it was day,
certain of the Jews banded together, and
bound themselves
under a curse, saying
that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. ... Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain
that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
