Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Government » If rulers listen to lies
If a prince delight in lies, all his servants are ungodly.
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King » Rights and duties of
With true judgment the king setteth up the land; but if he be a man that taketh gifts, he turneth it upside down.
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The seat of the king that faithfully judgeth the poor, shall continue sure for ever more.
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O house of David, for thus sayeth the LORD: Minister righteousness, and that soon. Deliver the oppressed from violent power: before my terrible wrath break out like a fire, and burn so that no man may quench it, because of the wickedness of your imaginations.
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If a prince delight in lies, all his servants are ungodly.
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It is the honour of God to keep a thing secret; but the king's honour is to search out a thing.
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Take away ungodliness from the king, and his seat shall be established with righteousness. Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and prease not into the place of great men.
With patience may a prince be pacified, and with a soft tongue may rigorousness be broken.
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Kings » Specially warned against » Hearkening to lies
If a prince delight in lies, all his servants are ungodly.
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Lying » The evil of rulers hearkening to
If a prince delight in lies, all his servants are ungodly.
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Lying/lies » If rulers listen to lies
If a prince delight in lies, all his servants are ungodly.
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Servants » Whose servants are wicked
If a prince delight in lies, all his servants are ungodly.
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national Sins » Often caused and encouraged by rulers
And Jeroboam thought in his heart, "Now might the kingdom return to the house of David again. For if this people shall go up and do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall their hearts turn again unto their lord Rehoboam king of Judah. And so shall they kill me and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah." Whereupon the king took counsel and made two calves of gold and said unto the people, "Ye shall not need to go any more to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, Israel, which brought you out of the land of Egypt!" read more.
And he put the one in Bethel and the other in Dan. And that doing was a cause of sin. And the people went before the one as far as Dan. And he made houses of hill altars, and made, of the lowest of the people, priests which were not of the sons of Levi. And Jeroboam made a feast the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like unto the feast that was in Judah, and offered on the altar. And so did he in Bethel, to offer unto the calves that he had made. And he put in Bethel the priests of the hill altars, which he had made. And he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel, the fifteenth day of the eighth month, which he had imagined of his own heart: and made a solemn feast unto the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn sacrifice.
And he put the one in Bethel and the other in Dan. And that doing was a cause of sin. And the people went before the one as far as Dan. And he made houses of hill altars, and made, of the lowest of the people, priests which were not of the sons of Levi. And Jeroboam made a feast the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like unto the feast that was in Judah, and offered on the altar. And so did he in Bethel, to offer unto the calves that he had made. And he put in Bethel the priests of the hill altars, which he had made. And he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel, the fifteenth day of the eighth month, which he had imagined of his own heart: and made a solemn feast unto the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn sacrifice.
If a prince delight in lies, all his servants are ungodly.
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And he will give Israel up, because of the sin of Jeroboam wherewith he did sin and made Israel sin thereto."
Moreover, he made hill altars in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabiters of Jerusalem to commit adultery, and he thrust Judah out of the way. And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, of this tenor: "Thus sayeth the LORD God of David thy father: 'Because thou walkedst not in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father and in the ways of Asa king of Judah, but walkedst in the ways of Asa king of Israel and hast made Judah and the dwellers of Jerusalem go a-whoring, like to the whoring of the house of Ahab, and hast thereto slain thy brethren that were thy father's house, which were better than thou: