Zechariah 5:4

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.

Cross-references

Zechariah 5:3 introduces the curse that cuts off thieves and false swearers — verse 4 then depicts it entering and consuming their houses.

Zechariah 8:17 Related theme

Zechariah 8:17 explicitly warns against false oaths — the exact sin targeted by the curse in Zechariah 5:4.

Deuteronomy 7:26 warns that bringing an abominable thing into your house brings destruction ('devoted to destruction'), mirroring Zechariah's consuming curse.

Habakkuk 2:9-11 also condemns dishonest house-building, with stones and beams crying out — matching the curse consuming timber and stones here.

Job 20:26 Parallel

Job 20:26 depicts a fire that consumes the wicked's tent, directly paralleling Zechariah's curse that consumes the house.

Proverbs 3:33 states 'The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked,' almost identical to Zechariah's curse entering and consuming the house.

1 Timothy 1:10 lists perjurers among lawbreakers — directly echoing the false swearers cursed here.

Leviticus 6:3 addresses swearing falsely about lost property — the same sin of false oaths punished here by the curse.

Malachi 3:5 Related theme

Malachi 3:5 lists false swearers among those God will judge — directly parallel to the curse on false swearers in Zechariah.

Jeremiah 7:9 lists stealing and swearing falsely among the people's sins, directly connecting to the curse on those very acts.

Jeremiah 5:2 exposes the same sin of swearing falsely by the LORD's name, which is the very offense the curse targets.

Isaiah 24:6 Parallel

Isaiah 24:6 describes a curse that devours the earth and its inhabitants, mirroring the curse that consumes the house here.

Proverbs 14:11 directly parallels: the house of the wicked will be destroyed, just as the curse consumes the house of the thief.

Psalm 24:4 Parallel

Psalm 24:4 lists not swearing deceitfully as a requirement for worship — Zechariah's curse falls on those who swear falsely by God's name.

Nehemiah 5:13 invokes a shaking-out curse on any household that breaks its promise — a parallel to the consuming curse on those who steal or swear falsely.

Joshua 7:11 Parallel

Joshua 7:11 describes Achan stealing devoted things and lying — the same sins that bring the curse on the house in Zechariah's vision.

Leviticus 19:12 forbids swearing falsely by God's name — directly echoed in Zechariah 5:4's false swearer.

Leviticus 19:11 forbids stealing and lying — the broader commands underlying the specific sins cursed here.

Job 18:15 Parallel

Job 18:15 says sulfur is scattered over the wicked's tent, consuming it—similar to Zechariah's curse consuming the house of the wicked.