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Matthew 23:13
“ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter it yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
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Luke 20:47
who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.”
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Matthew 23:33
You snakes, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?
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Matthew 6:7
“ And when you are praying, do not use thoughtless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many words.
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Ezekiel 22:25
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.
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Micah 3:1-4
And I said,“ Hear now, you leaders of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know justice?You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,Who eat the flesh of my people, Strip off their skin from them, Smash their bones, And chop them up as for the pot, And as meat in a cauldron!”Then they will cry out to the Lord, But He will not answer them. Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time Because they have practiced evil deeds.
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2 Timothy 3 6
For among them are those who slip into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
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Luke 12:47-48
And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accordance with his will, will receive many blows,but the one who did not know it, and committed acts deserving of a beating, will receive only a few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
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Matthew 11:22-24
Nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that occurred in you had occurred in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment, than for you.”
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Micah 2:2
They covet fields, so they seize them; And houses, so they take them. They exploit a man and his house, A person and his inheritance.