Psalm 94:20
Can wicked rulers be allied with you? They frame mischief by decree (the law).
Psalm 58:2
No, in your heart you plot unrighteousness. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.
Amos 6:3
You put far away the evil day and cause the place of violence to come near.
Isaiah 10:1
How horrible it will be for those who enact unjust laws and who decree oppressive regulations.
1 Samuel 22:12
Saul said: Listen here, son of Ahitub! He responded: Here I am lord.
1 Kings 12:32
Jeroboam appointed a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, just like the festival in Judah. He went to the altar in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had made. He appointed priests from the illegal worship sites to serve in Bethel.
2 Chronicles 6:14-16
He said: Jehovah God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth. You keep your promise of mercy to your servants, who obey you wholeheartedly.
Esther 3:6-12
But it was not enough for him to attack Mordecai only. They made clear to him who Mordecai's people were. So Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Psalm 50:16
But God says to the wicked: How dare you quote my decrees and mouth my covenant!
Psalm 52:1
([Psalm of David]) Why do you brag about the evil you have done, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God endures continually!
Psalm 82:1
([Psalm of Asaph]) God stands in the congregation of the mighty. He pronounces judgment among the god-like ones: (John 10:35)
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I saw under the sun the place of judgment and wickedness was there. And wickedness was in the place of righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them.
Isaiah 1:11-20
Jehovah says: What do your many animal sacrifices mean to me? I have had enough of your burnt offerings of rams and enough fat from your fattened calves. I am not pleased with the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats.
Jeremiah 7:4-11
Do not trust in deceptive words. They say: 'This is the Temple of Jehovah, the Temple of Jehovah, and the Temple of Jehovah.
Daniel 3:4-7
Then the herald proclaimed: You are commanded to do this, O peoples, nations, and men of every language.
Daniel 6:7-9
All the governors of the kingdom, the deputies and the governors, the counselors consulted together to establish a royal statute. They made a strong decree, that whoever prays to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of lions.
Micah 6:16
The statutes of Omri and the works of the house of Ahab are observed. You walk in their counsels. I will make you desolation! The inhabitants will be hissed. You will bear the reproach of my people.
John 9:22
The parents said these things because they feared the Jews. The Jews had agreed that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
John 11:57
Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that, if any man knew where he was, he should report it that they might seize him.
John 18:28
They lead Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early and they did not enter directly into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
1 John 1:5-6
This is the message we heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Revelation 13:15-17
He had power to give breath to the image of the beast and to make that image of the beast speak. He caused many to be killed, those who would not worship the image of the beast.