Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Government » If rulers listen to lies
Of the ruler who hearkens unto the lying word, all his ministers are evil.
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King » Rights and duties of
The king by judgment establishes the land, but he that receives gifts shall overthrow it.
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The king that judges the poor with truth, his throne shall be established for ever.
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O house of David, thus hath the LORD said: Execute judgment early and deliver him that is oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor lest my fury go forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it because of the evil of your doings.
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Of the ruler who hearkens unto the lying word, all his ministers are evil.
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It is the glory of God to conceal the word, but the honour of kings is to search out the word.
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Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. Do not praise thyself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;
By long forbearing a prince is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bones.
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Kings » Specially warned against » Hearkening to lies
Of the ruler who hearkens unto the lying word, all his ministers are evil.
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Lying » The evil of rulers hearkening to
Of the ruler who hearkens unto the lying word, all his ministers are evil.
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Lying/lies » If rulers listen to lies
Of the ruler who hearkens unto the lying word, all his ministers are evil.
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Servants » Whose servants are wicked
Of the ruler who hearkens unto the lying word, all his ministers are evil.
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national Sins » Often caused and encouraged by rulers
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David if this people go up to sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem; for the heart of this people shall turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam, king of Judah, and they shall kill me and go again to Rehoboam, king of Judah. And having taken counsel, the king made two calves of gold and said unto the people, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. read more.
And he set the one in Bethel and the other he put in Dan. And this became an occasion for sin, for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. And he made a house of high places and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi. Then Jeroboam ordained a solemnity in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the solemnity that was celebrated in Judah; and he sacrificed upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made. He also ordered in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. So he sacrificed upon the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the month which he had devised of his own heart, and made a feast unto the sons of Israel; and he climbed up on the altar to burn incense.
And he set the one in Bethel and the other he put in Dan. And this became an occasion for sin, for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. And he made a house of high places and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi. Then Jeroboam ordained a solemnity in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the solemnity that was celebrated in Judah; and he sacrificed upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made. He also ordered in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. So he sacrificed upon the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the month which he had devised of his own heart, and made a feast unto the sons of Israel; and he climbed up on the altar to burn incense.
Of the ruler who hearkens unto the lying word, all his ministers are evil.
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And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and who has made Israel sin.
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication and compelled Judah unto this. And a writing came to him from Elijah, the prophet, that said this: Thus hath the LORD, the God of David, thy father, said, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father nor in the ways of Asa, king of Judah, but hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fornicate, like unto the fornication of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, who were better than thyself,