Job 31:34
because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and did not go out of doors.
Exodus 23:2
Do not follow the majority to do wrong. Do not give testimony that perverts justice.
Exodus 32:27
He said to them, Jehovah, the God of Israel says: 'Each man put his sword by his side. Go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp. Kill each one his brother, and each one his neighbor, and each one his kindred.'
Numbers 25:14-15
The name of the Israelite man who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri, son of Salu. Salu was the leader of a family from Simeon.
Nehemiah 5:7
After giving it much thought, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them: Everyone of you is collecting interest from his brothers. I organized a big meeting of protest.
Nehemiah 13:4-8
Before this, Eliashib the priest had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God. He was a friend of Tobiah.
Nehemiah 13:28
One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the chief priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, so I sent him away from me.
Esther 4:11
It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death. Only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives. I have not been sent for to come before the king in the past thirty days.
Esther 4:14
If at this time you say nothing. Then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place. But you and your father's family will come to destruction. Who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?
Job 22:8
The powerful possess the land, and the favored live in it.
Job 34:19
The one who is righteous and mighty does not grant special favors to princes or prefer important people to poor people because his hands made them all.
Proverbs 24:11-12
If you do not deliver those who are condemned to death,
Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man brings a snare (trap). He who trusts in Jehovah will be safe.
Jeremiah 38:4-5
The officials went to the king and said: This man must be put to death. By talking like this he is making the soldiers in the city lose their courage. He is doing the same thing to everyone else left in the city. He is not trying to help the people. He only wants to hurt them.
Jeremiah 38:16
So King Zedekiah promised me in secret: I swear by the living God, the God who gave us life, that I will not put you to death or hand you over to the men who want to kill you.
Jeremiah 38:19
The king answered: I am afraid of our own people who have deserted to the Babylonians. I may be handed over to them and tortured.
Amos 5:11-13
You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.
Micah 7:3
They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.
Matthew 27:20-26
The chief priests and elders got the people to request Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.
2 Corinthians 5:16
From now on we know no man according to the flesh: even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.