27 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
Jeremiah 5:27
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2 Esdras 16:46–48
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Job 21:8–10
8 Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them. 10 Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
Psalms 73:6–8
6 Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them. 7 From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild. 8 They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
2 Esdras 16:71–73
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Zephaniah 1:12–14
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Job 3:14–16
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Psalms 73:11–13
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Sirach 21:3–5
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