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
The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly .
Job 21:7
Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
Psalm 17:14
From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
Daniel 4:17
The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.
Daniel 5:18
O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
Daniel 7:7
After this I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, a fourth beast, terrible and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Habakkuk 1:14
and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

He covereth

2 Samuel 15:30
And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
2 Samuel 19:4
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Esther 6:12
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
Esther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
Jeremiah 14:4
Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

If not

Job 24:25
And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?
Job 32:2
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

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