8 Bible Verses about Wicked Rulers
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When the righteous increase the people rejoice. When the wicked rule the people mourn.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous in case the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.
Like a roaring lion and a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people.
How horrible it will be for those who enact unjust laws and who decree oppressive regulations.
They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.
Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.
Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.
Jehovah enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: It is you who have devoured the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
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Like a roaring lion and a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people.
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Like a roaring lion and a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people.
Please hear this you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. You who abhor justice, and pervert honesty! They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with immorality. The leaders judge for a bribe, and the priests teach for wages! The prophets predict for money yet they rely on Jehovah when they say: Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? No evil will come upon us. read more.
It is your fault that Zion will be plowed like a field. Jerusalem will become heaps of ruin, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
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