Job 9:24

If a land has been given into the hand of a wicked man, he covers the faces of its judges; if it is not he, then who is it?

Job 10:3

Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

Job 24:25

"If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?"

2 Samuel 15:30

As David was going up the Mount of Olives, he was weeping as he went; his head was covered and his feet were bare. All the people who were with him also had their heads covered and were weeping as they went up.

2 Samuel 19:4

The king covered his face and cried out loudly, "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"

Esther 6:12

Then Mordecai again sat at the king's gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.

Esther 7:8

When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down on the couch where Esther was lying. The king exclaimed, "Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building!" As these words left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

Job 12:6-10

But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident -- who carry their god in their hands.

Job 12:17

He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

Job 16:11

God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.

Job 21:7-15

"Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

Job 32:2

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

Psalm 17:14

Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

Psalm 73:3-7

For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

Jeremiah 12:1-2

Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

Jeremiah 14:4

They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

Daniel 4:17

This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.'

Daniel 5:18-21

As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.

Daniel 7:7-28

"After these things, as I was watching in the night visions a fourth beast appeared -- one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. It had two large rows of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.

Habakkuk 1:14-17

You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

Bible References

Earth

Job 12:6
But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident -- who carry their god in their hands.
Job 21:7
"Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?
Psalm 17:14
Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.
Psalm 73:3
For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.
Jeremiah 12:1
Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?
Daniel 4:17
This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.'
Daniel 5:18
As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.
Daniel 7:7
"After these things, as I was watching in the night visions a fourth beast appeared -- one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. It had two large rows of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.
Habakkuk 1:14
You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.

He covereth

2 Samuel 15:30
As David was going up the Mount of Olives, he was weeping as he went; his head was covered and his feet were bare. All the people who were with him also had their heads covered and were weeping as they went up.
2 Samuel 19:4
The king covered his face and cried out loudly, "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"
Esther 6:12
Then Mordecai again sat at the king's gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.
Esther 7:8
When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down on the couch where Esther was lying. The king exclaimed, "Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building!" As these words left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
Jeremiah 14:4
They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

If not

Job 24:25
"If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?"
Job 32:2
Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

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