Quotes About Corruption

And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”

But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.

Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”

Again, He told me, “You will see them committing even greater abominations.”

And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.

Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”

See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.

Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.

In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.

She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ëWoe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.

Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.

Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.

With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.

They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.