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Jeremiah 6:13
“ From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. From prophets to priests, they are all frauds.
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Jeremiah 41:11
But when Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders heard about Ishmael’s crimes,
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Jeremiah 40:13
Soon after this, Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.
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Jeremiah 44:12
I will take this remnant of Judah— those who were determined to come here and live in Egypt— and I will consume them. They will fall here in Egypt, killed by war and famine. All will die, from the least to the greatest. They will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery.
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Jeremiah 42:8
So he called for Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders, and for all the people, from the least to the greatest.
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Jeremiah 40:8
So they went to see Gedaliah at Mizpah. These included: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, and all their men.
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Acts 8:10
Everyone, from the least to the greatest, often spoke of him as“ the Great One— the Power of God.”
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Jeremiah 8:10
I will give their wives to others and their farms to strangers. From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that. They are all frauds.
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Ezekiel 20:1-3
On August 14, during the seventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, some of the leaders of Israel came to request a message from the Lord. They sat down in front of me to wait for his reply.Then this message came to me from the Lord:“ Son of man, tell the leaders of Israel,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: How dare you come to ask me for a message? As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I will tell you nothing!’
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Jeremiah 42:20
For you were not being honest when you sent me to pray to the Lord your God for you. You said,‘ Just tell us what the Lord our God says, and we will do it!’
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Ezekiel 33:31
So my people come pretending to be sincere and sit before you. They listen to your words, but they have no intention of doing what you say. Their mouths are full of lustful words, and their hearts seek only after money.
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Jeremiah 5:4-5
Then I said,“ But what can we expect from the poor? They are ignorant. They don’t know the ways of the Lord. They don’t understand God’s laws.So I will go and speak to their leaders. Surely they know the ways of the Lord and understand God’s laws.” But the leaders, too, as one man, had thrown off God’s yoke and broken his chains.
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Jeremiah 43:4-5
So Johanan and the other military leaders and all the people refused to obey the Lord’s command to stay in Judah.Johanan and the other leaders took with them all the people who had returned from the nearby countries to which they had fled.
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Ezekiel 11:1
Then the Spirit lifted me and brought me to the east gateway of the Lord’s Temple, where I saw twenty five prominent men of the city. Among them were Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders among the people.
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Ezekiel 14:3-4
“ Son of man, these leaders have set up idols in their hearts. They have embraced things that will make them fall into sin. Why should I listen to their requests?Tell them,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the Lord, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves.
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2 Kings 25 23
When all the army commanders and their men learned that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they went to see him at Mizpah. These included Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, and all their men.
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Isaiah 48:1
“ Listen to me, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and born into the family of Judah. Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the Lord and call on the God of Israel. You don’t keep your promises,
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Isaiah 29:13
And so the Lord says,“ These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man made rules learned by rote.
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Isaiah 58:1-2
“ Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast. Shout aloud! Don’t be timid. Tell my people Israel of their sins!Yet they act so pious! They come to the Temple every day and seem delighted to learn all about me. They act like a righteous nation that would never abandon the laws of its God. They ask me to take action on their behalf, pretending they want to be near me.
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Matthew 15:8
‘ These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
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Ezekiel 8:11
Seventy leaders of Israel were standing there with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan in the center. Each of them held an incense burner, from which a cloud of incense rose above their heads.
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Jeremiah 41:16
Then Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders took all the people they had rescued in Gibeon— the soldiers, women, children, and court officials whom Ishmael had captured after he killed Gedaliah.
