8 Bible Verses about Wicked Rulers
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When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people mourn.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.
Like a roaring lion and a ranging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people.
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the scribes who write toil;
Both hands are on evil, to do it well. The ruler asks for a bribe, and the judge also; and the great man speaks the evil desire of his soul. So they weave it together.
your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
Her rulers in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, to get unjust gain.
Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of His people, and their kings; for you have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
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Like a roaring lion and a ranging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people.
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Like a roaring lion and a ranging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people.
Please hear this, heads of the house of Jacob, and magistrates of the house of Israel, who hate justice and pervert all equity. They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for silver, yet they will lean on Jehovah and say, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil can come on us! read more.
Therefore, on account of you, Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house into high places of the forest.
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