Jeremiah 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 17:11 uses a bird metaphor for unjust gain, directly echoing the cage-of-birds image and ill-gotten riches.
In Habakkuk 2:9-11, a woe is pronounced on those who build their house by unjust gain, the same evil as here.
In Proverbs 1:11-13, sinners entice others to fill houses with spoil, mirroring the deceitful wealth in Jeremiah.
In Micah 6:11, God condemns wicked balances and deceitful weights — the same dishonest gain condemned in Jeremiah.
In Hosea 12:7, the merchant uses false balances and loves oppression, matching the deceitful riches described here.
In Hosea 12:8, Ephraim boasts of being rich while denying sin, reflecting the same self-deception behind ill-gotten wealth.
In Amos 8:4-6, the wealthy oppress the poor with dishonest scales, directly paralleling the deceitful riches in Jeremiah.
In Micah 6:10, the wicked house has treasures of wickedness and scant measures, directly echoing the house full of deceit.
1 Timothy 6:10 identifies love of money as the root of all kinds of evil, directly explaining why the people became rich through deceit in Jeremiah 5:27.
Isaiah 3:14 accuses leaders of storing plunder from the poor in their houses, directly paralleling houses full of deceitful gain.
Ezekiel 22:13 condemns dishonest gain, directly matching Jeremiah's indictment of deceit that leads to wealth.
Hosea 4:2 lists similar social sins—swearing, lying, murder—showing that deceit and violence go together in Israel's corruption.
Habakkuk 1:4 describes the law being paralyzed and justice perverted, the same result of the deceit and oppression in Jeremiah 5:27-28.
Nehemiah 9:25 describes houses filled with good things as God's blessing, contrasting with Jeremiah's houses full of deceit.
Isaiah 59:14 laments that truth has fallen in the squares, matching the moral decay of deceit in Jeremiah.
Psalm 55:11 depicts fraud in the marketplace, mirroring Jeremiah's houses full of deceit as pervasive corruption.
Job 12:6 notes that robbers' tents are at peace, echoing the theme that the deceitful prosper despite their evil.