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Zechariah 5:4
Zechariah 5:4 is verse 4 of Zechariah chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
King James Version
I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
World English Bible
I will cause it to go out,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”
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Zechariah 5:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
3 Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
4 I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
5 Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”
6 “What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Leviticus 14:34“When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land,
Leviticus 14:35the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’
Leviticus 14:36The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
Leviticus 14:37He is to examine the house, and if the mildew on the walls consists of green or red depressions that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,
Leviticus 14:38the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.
Leviticus 14:39On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,
Leviticus 14:40he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
Leviticus 14:41And he shall have the inside of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the city.
Leviticus 14:42So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.
Leviticus 14:43If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and replastered,
Leviticus 14:44the priest must come and inspect it. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean.
Leviticus 14:45It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.
Deuteronomy 7:26And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
Job 20:26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
Habakkuk 2:10You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
Habakkuk 2:11For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
James 5:2Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
James 5:3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.