Rulers
270 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
92 sections
- Abraham
- Character and Qualifications of
- Chastised
- Duties of
- Esau, and the Dukes of Edom
- Heads of Families
- Isaac
- Ishmael
- Judah
- Melchizedek
- Nimrod
- Patriarchal
- Righteous: Abimelech, in his Treatment of Isaac
- Righteous: Artaxerxes, in Commissioning Ezra to Restore the Forms of Worship at Jerusalem
- Righteous: Asa, in Abolishing Sodomy and Other Abominations of Idolatry
- Righteous: Cyrus, in Emancipating the Jews
- Righteous: Darius, in Advancing the Rebuilding of the Temple
- Righteous: Hezekiah, in his Fear of the Lord
- Righteous: Jehoshaphat, in Walking in the Ways of the Lord
- Righteous: Joseph, in How he Conducted the Affairs of Egypt
- Righteous: Josiah, in Repairing the Temple and in Other Good Works
- Righteous: King of Nineveh, in Repenting, and Proclaimimg a Fast
- Righteous: Moses, in his Administration of the Affairs of the People of Israel
- Righteous: Nehemiah
- Righteous: Pharaoh, in his Treatment of Abraham
- Righteous: Pharaoh, in his Treatment of Jacob and his Family
- Righteous: Samuel, in not Receiving Compensation for Judgment
- Righteous: Saul, After the Defeat of the Ammonites
- Righteous: Solomon, According to the Testimony of the Queen of Sheba
- Righteous: Solomon, in his Judgment Between the Two Women Who Claimed the Same Child
- Wicked
- Wicked in Permitting Baal-Worship
- Wicked: Abijam, Walking in the Sins of Rehoboam
- Wicked: Abimelech, Killing his Seventy Brothers
- Wicked: Adoni-Bezek, Torturing Seventy Kings
- Wicked: Ahab, Serving Baal
- Wicked: Ahasuerus and Haman, Decreeing the Death of all Jews (Genocide)
- Wicked: Ahaz, Burning his own Children in Idolatrous Sacrifice
- Wicked: Ahaziah, Doing Evil Like the Household of Ahab
- Wicked: Amaziah, Worshiping the Gods of Seir
- Wicked: Amon, Who Followed the Evil Example of Manasseh
- Wicked: Ananias, the High Priest, Commanding to Strike Paul
- Wicked: And Persecuting Jeremiah
- Wicked: Asa, Imprisoning the Seer, and Oppressing the People
- Wicked: Baasha, Walking in the Ways of Jeroboam
- Wicked: Belshazzar, in Drunkenness and Committing Sacrilege
- Wicked: Confiscating Naboth's Vineyard
- Wicked: Conspiring Against Pekahiah and Assassinating Him
- Wicked: Darius, in Deifying Himself
- Wicked: David, Numbering Israel and Judah
- Wicked: Debauching Themselves and the Worshipers
- Wicked: Eli's Sons, Desecrating the Sacrifices
- Wicked: Exalting Debased Persons to the Priesthood
- Wicked: Hanun, Maltreating David's Servants
- Wicked: Hazael, Committing Pillage (Plundering)
- Wicked: Herod Agrippa I, Persecuting the Congregation in Jerusalem
- Wicked: Herod Antipas, in Beheading John the Baptist
- Wicked: Herod Antipas, in Craftiness and Tyranny
- Wicked: Herod the Great, Killing the Infants in Bethlehem
- Wicked: Hoshea, Who Conspired Against Pekah
- Wicked: Jehoahaz, in Following the Sins of Jeroboam
- Wicked: Jehoahaz, Who Followed in the Ways of his Forefathers
- Wicked: Jehoash, in Following the Wicked Example of Jeroboam
- Wicked: Jehoiachin, in Walking in the Ways of his Forefathers
- Wicked: Jehoiakim, in Walking in the Ways of his Forefathers
- Wicked: Jehoram, Cleaving to the Sins of Jeroboam
- Wicked: Jehoram, Walking in the Ways of the Kings of Israel
- Wicked: Jehu, Departing not from the Sins of Jeroboam
- Wicked: Jeroboam Ii, not Departing from the Sins of Jeroboam
- Wicked: Jeroboam, Perverting the True Worship
- Wicked: Joash, Killing Zechariah
- Wicked: Manasseh, Who Committed the Abominations of the Heathen
- Wicked: Nadab, Walking in the Ways of Jeroboam
- Wicked: Nebuchadnezzar, Commanding to Destroy the Wise Men
- Wicked: Nebuchadnezzar, Committing the Three Hebrews to the Furnace
- Wicked: Omri, Walking in the Ways of Jeroboam
- Wicked: Pharaoh, Oppressing the Israelites
- Wicked: Pilate, Delivering up Jesus for Crucifixion
- Wicked: Potiphar, Putting Joseph Into Prison
- Wicked: Rehoboam, Making the Yoke Heavy
- Wicked: Samuel's Sons, Taking Bribes
- Wicked: Saul, Jealously Plotting Against David
- Wicked: Saul, Killing Ahimelech and the Priests
- Wicked: Saul, Sparing Agag and the Best of the Booty
- Wicked: Solomon, Luxurious, and Idolatrous
- Wicked: Solomon, Oppressing the People
- Wicked: The Chief Priests, Elders, and the Sanhedrin, Seeking False Witness Against Jesus
- Wicked: The Princes, Conspiring Against Daniel
- Wicked: Uzziah, Invading the Priest's office
- Wicked: Zachariah, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah, Following the Sins of Jeroboam
- Wicked: Zedekiah, Following the Evil Example of Jehoiakim
- Wicked: Zimri, Walking in the Ways of Jeroboam
Abraham
- Genesis 14:13–24 Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram. …
- Genesis 17:6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
- Genesis 21:21–32 And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt. …
Character and Qualifications of
- Genesis 41:33 Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 18:21–22 Furthermore, select capable men from among the people — God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. …
- Exodus 23:8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 1:13 Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
- Deuteronomy 16:18–20 You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment. …
- Deuteronomy 27:19 ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- 2 Samuel 23:3–4 The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God, …
- Ezra 7:25 And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates — all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to …
- Psalm 2:10–11 Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth. …
- Psalm 72:1–17 Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness. …
- Proverbs 16:10 A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.
- Proverbs 16:12 Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
- Proverbs 17:7 Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
- Proverbs 19:12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- Proverbs 20:8 A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
- Proverbs 20:26 A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.
- Proverbs 20:28 Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.
- Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
- Proverbs 24:23–26 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good. …
- Proverbs 25:2–3 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out. …
- Proverbs 25:5 Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
- Proverbs 28:2 A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
- Proverbs 28:16 A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
- Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
- Proverbs 29:4 By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.
- Proverbs 29:14 A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established forever.
- Proverbs 31:4–5 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, …
- Proverbs 31:8–9 Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed. …
- Ecclesiastes 8:4 For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
- Ecclesiastes 10:16–17 Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning. …
- Isaiah 5:22–23 Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink, …
- Isaiah 16:5 in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
- Isaiah 28:6 a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
- Isaiah 60:17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
- Jeremiah 13:18 Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
- Romans 12:8 if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
- Romans 13:1–7 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God. …
- 1 Timothy 2:1–2 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— …
- 1 Peter 2:13–14 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority, …
Chastised
- Daniel 4:1 King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
Duties of
- Exodus 18:16 “Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”
- Exodus 18:20–21 Teach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live and the work they must do. …
- Exodus 23:3 And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
- Exodus 23:6–7 You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits. …
- Exodus 23:9 Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 19:15 You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- Leviticus 24:22 You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
- Numbers 27:16–17 “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation …
- Deuteronomy 1:16–17 At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident. …
- Deuteronomy 16:18–20 You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment. …
- Deuteronomy 17:16–20 But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’ …
- Deuteronomy 19:18–19 The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother, …
- Deuteronomy 24:16 Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
- Deuteronomy 25:1 If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
- Joshua 1:7–8 Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. …
- 2 Chronicles 9:8 Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice …
- 2 Chronicles 19:6–7 Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment. …
- Ezra 7:25–26 And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates — all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to …
- Psalm 82:2–4 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah …
- Psalm 148:11 kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,
- Psalm 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
- Isaiah 58:6 Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
- Jeremiah 21:12 O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because …
- Jeremiah 22:1–3 This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there, …
- Zechariah 7:9–10 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. …
- Zechariah 8:16 These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
- Romans 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
- 1 Timothy 2:2 for kings and all those in authority— so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
- 1 Peter 2:14 or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
Esau, and the Dukes of Edom
- Genesis 36:1 This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).
Heads of Families
- Exodus 6:14 These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.
Isaac
- Genesis 26:26–31 Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army. …
Ishmael
- Genesis 17:20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
Judah
- Genesis 38:24 About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
Melchizedek
- Genesis 14:18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine — since he was priest of God Most High —
Nimrod
- Genesis 10:8–10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. …
Patriarchal
- Genesis 27:29 May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
- Genesis 27:37 But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
Righteous: Abimelech, in his Treatment of Isaac
- Genesis 26:6–11 So Isaac settled in Gerar. …
Righteous: Artaxerxes, in Commissioning Ezra to Restore the Forms of Worship at Jerusalem
- Ezra 7:1 Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- Nehemiah 2:1 Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
- Nehemiah 5:14 Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
Righteous: Asa, in Abolishing Sodomy and Other Abominations of Idolatry
- 1 Kings 15:11–15 And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done. …
- 2 Chronicles 14:2–5 And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God. …
Righteous: Cyrus, in Emancipating the Jews
- Ezra 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
Righteous: Darius, in Advancing the Rebuilding of the Temple
- Ezra 6:1–12 Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon. …
Righteous: Hezekiah, in his Fear of the Lord
- 2 Kings 18:3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
- 2 Kings 20:1–11 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’” …
- 2 Chronicles 30:1 Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as …
Righteous: Jehoshaphat, in Walking in the Ways of the Lord
- 1 Kings 22:41–46 In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah. …
- 2 Chronicles 17:3–10 Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, …
- 2 Chronicles 19:1 When Jehoshaphat king of Judah had returned safely to his home in Jerusalem,
- 2 Chronicles 20:3–30 Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah. …
Righteous: Joseph, in How he Conducted the Affairs of Egypt
- Genesis 41:37–57 This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials. …
Righteous: Josiah, in Repairing the Temple and in Other Good Works
- 2 Kings 22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
- 2 Kings 23:1 Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
- 2 Chronicles 35:1 Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Righteous: King of Nineveh, in Repenting, and Proclaimimg a Fast
- Jonah 3:6–9 When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. …
Righteous: Moses, in his Administration of the Affairs of the People of Israel
- Numbers 16:15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
Righteous: Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 4:1 Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
- Nehemiah 5:1 About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
Righteous: Pharaoh, in his Treatment of Abraham
- Genesis 12:15–20 When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh. …
Righteous: Pharaoh, in his Treatment of Jacob and his Family
- Genesis 47:5–10 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you, …
- Genesis 50:1–6 Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him. …
Righteous: Samuel, in not Receiving Compensation for Judgment
- 1 Samuel 12:3–4 Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will …
Righteous: Saul, After the Defeat of the Ammonites
- 1 Samuel 11:12–13 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!” …
Righteous: Solomon, According to the Testimony of the Queen of Sheba
- 1 Kings 10:6–9 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true. …
Righteous: Solomon, in his Judgment Between the Two Women Who Claimed the Same Child
- 1 Kings 3:16–28 At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. …
Wicked
- Genesis 15:13–14 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. …
- Exodus 3:9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
- Deuteronomy 27:19 ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- 1 Samuel 8:10–18 So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king. …
- 2 Chronicles 28:19 For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.
- Nehemiah 5:7–9 and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them …
- Nehemiah 9:34–37 Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them. …
- Job 24:22 Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
- Job 24:24 They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
- Job 35:9 Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
- Psalm 10:17–18 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear, …
- Psalm 12:5 “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
- Psalm 12:8 The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
- Psalm 49:20 A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalm 58:1–2 Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? …
- Psalm 82:2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- Psalm 94:20–21 Can a corrupt throne be Your ally — one devising mischief by decree? …
- Psalm 110:5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
- Proverbs 17:15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 17:26 It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
- Proverbs 28:15–16 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people. …
- Proverbs 28:28 When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.
- Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
- Proverbs 29:4 By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.
- Proverbs 29:12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
- Proverbs 30:21–22 Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: …
- Ecclesiastes 3:16–17 Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. …
- Ecclesiastes 4:1 Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
- Ecclesiastes 4:13–14 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning. …
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
- Ecclesiastes 8:9 All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
- Ecclesiastes 10:5–7 There is an evil I have seen under the sun — an error that proceeds from the ruler: …
- Ecclesiastes 10:16–17 Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning. …
- Isaiah 1:23 Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Isaiah 3:12 Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
- Isaiah 3:14–15 The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. …
- Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
- Isaiah 10:1–3 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, …
- Isaiah 14:4–20 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! …
- Isaiah 28:14–15 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem. …
- Isaiah 29:20–21 For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down— …
- Isaiah 30:33 For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
- Isaiah 33:1 Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
- Isaiah 40:23 He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.
- Isaiah 52:5 And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
- Isaiah 59:14–15 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. …
- Jeremiah 5:28–29 They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy. …
- Ezekiel 21:25–26 And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’ …
- Ezekiel 22:6 See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
- Ezekiel 22:27 Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
- Ezekiel 28:2 “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have …
- Ezekiel 34:2–4 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock? …
- Ezekiel 34:7–10 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: …
- Ezekiel 45:9 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
- Hosea 5:10 The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
- Hosea 7:3 They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
- Hosea 10:7 Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
- Amos 3:10–11 “For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.” …
- Amos 4:1–2 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.” …
- Amos 5:11–12 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. …
- Amos 6:12–13 “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood— …
- Micah 3:1–3 Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? …
- Micah 3:9–11 Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right, …
- Micah 7:3–4 Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. …
- Habakkuk 1:4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
- Habakkuk 2:5–13 and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own. …
- Zephaniah 1:8 “On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel.
- Zephaniah 3:3 Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
- Acts 23:3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
- James 2:6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
- James 2:9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Wicked in Permitting Baal-Worship
- 2 Kings 17:1–2 In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years. …
- 2 Kings 17:7–18 All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods …
Wicked: Abijam, Walking in the Sins of Rehoboam
- 1 Kings 15:3 And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.
Wicked: Abimelech, Killing his Seventy Brothers
- Judges 9:1–5 Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother, …
Wicked: Adoni-Bezek, Torturing Seventy Kings
- Judges 1:7 Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
Wicked: Ahab, Serving Baal
- 1 Kings 16:30–33 However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him. …
- 1 Kings 21:21–26 This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free. …
Wicked: Ahasuerus and Haman, Decreeing the Death of all Jews (Genocide)
- Esther 3:1 After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
Wicked: Ahaz, Burning his own Children in Idolatrous Sacrifice
- 2 Kings 16:3 Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- 2 Chronicles 28:2–4 Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals. …
Wicked: Ahaziah, Doing Evil Like the Household of Ahab
- 2 Chronicles 22:1–9 Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. …
Wicked: Amaziah, Worshiping the Gods of Seir
- 2 Chronicles 25:14 When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.
Wicked: Amon, Who Followed the Evil Example of Manasseh
- 2 Kings 21:19–22 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah. …
Wicked: Ananias, the High Priest, Commanding to Strike Paul
- Acts 23:2 At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
Wicked: And Persecuting Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 38:5–6 “Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.” …
Wicked: Asa, Imprisoning the Seer, and Oppressing the People
- 2 Chronicles 16:10 Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
Wicked: Baasha, Walking in the Ways of Jeroboam
- 1 Kings 15:33–34 In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years. …
Wicked: Belshazzar, in Drunkenness and Committing Sacrilege
- Daniel 5:22 But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
Wicked: Confiscating Naboth's Vineyard
- 1 Kings 21:1 Some time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
- 1 Samuel 8:14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.
- 1 Kings 22:38 And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
- 2 Kings 9:26 ‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw …
Wicked: Conspiring Against Pekahiah and Assassinating Him
- 2 Kings 15:25 Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
Wicked: Darius, in Deifying Himself
- Daniel 6:7 All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, …
- Daniel 6:9 Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
Wicked: David, Numbering Israel and Judah
- 2 Samuel 24:1–9 Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.” …
- 1 Chronicles 21:1–7 Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. …
- 1 Chronicles 27:23–24 David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky. …
Wicked: Debauching Themselves and the Worshipers
- 1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Wicked: Eli's Sons, Desecrating the Sacrifices
- 1 Samuel 2:12–17 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD …
Wicked: Exalting Debased Persons to the Priesthood
- 1 Kings 12:31 Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
- 1 Kings 13:33 Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
- 2 Kings 17:32 So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
- 2 Chronicles 11:14–15 For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD. …
- Ezekiel 44:7 In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food— the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.
- Numbers 3:10 So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
Wicked: Hanun, Maltreating David's Servants
- 2 Samuel 10:4 So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
- 1 Chronicles 19:2–5 And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the …
Wicked: Hazael, Committing Pillage (Plundering)
- 2 Kings 8:12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and …
- 2 Kings 10:32 In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
- 2 Kings 12:17 At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 13:3–7 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad. …
Wicked: Herod Agrippa I, Persecuting the Congregation in Jerusalem
- Acts 12:1–19 About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church. …
Wicked: Herod Antipas, in Beheading John the Baptist
- Matthew 14:1–11 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus …
Wicked: Herod Antipas, in Craftiness and Tyranny
- Luke 13:31–32 At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.” …
- Luke 23:6–15 When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean. …
Wicked: Herod the Great, Killing the Infants in Bethlehem
- Matthew 2:16–18 When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi. …
Wicked: Hoshea, Who Conspired Against Pekah
- 2 Kings 15:30 Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
Wicked: Jehoahaz, in Following the Sins of Jeroboam
- 2 Kings 13:1–2 In the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash son of Ahaziah over Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria seventeen years. …
Wicked: Jehoahaz, Who Followed in the Ways of his Forefathers
- 2 Kings 23:32 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
Wicked: Jehoash, in Following the Wicked Example of Jeroboam
- 2 Kings 13:10–11 In the thirty-seventh year of the reign of Joash over Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years. …
Wicked: Jehoiachin, in Walking in the Ways of his Forefathers
- 2 Kings 24:9 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.
Wicked: Jehoiakim, in Walking in the Ways of his Forefathers
- 2 Kings 23:37 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
Wicked: Jehoram, Cleaving to the Sins of Jeroboam
- 2 Kings 3:2–3 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made. …
Wicked: Jehoram, Walking in the Ways of the Kings of Israel
- 2 Kings 8:18 And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 21:13 but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s …
Wicked: Jehu, Departing not from the Sins of Jeroboam
- 2 Kings 10:29 but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit— the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
Wicked: Jeroboam Ii, not Departing from the Sins of Jeroboam
- 2 Kings 14:23–24 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash over Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria forty-one years. …
Wicked: Jeroboam, Perverting the True Worship
- 1 Kings 12:26–33 Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David. …
- 1 Kings 13:1–5 Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD. …
- 1 Kings 14:16 So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
Wicked: Joash, Killing Zechariah
- 2 Chronicles 24:2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
- 2 Chronicles 24:17–25 After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. …
Wicked: Manasseh, Who Committed the Abominations of the Heathen
- 2 Kings 21:1–17 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. …
- 2 Chronicles 33:2–7 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. …
Wicked: Nadab, Walking in the Ways of Jeroboam
- 1 Kings 15:26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
Wicked: Nebuchadnezzar, Commanding to Destroy the Wise Men
- Daniel 2:1–13 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him. …
Wicked: Nebuchadnezzar, Committing the Three Hebrews to the Furnace
- Daniel 3:1–23 King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. …
Wicked: Omri, Walking in the Ways of Jeroboam
- 1 Kings 16:25–29 But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him. …
Wicked: Pharaoh, Oppressing the Israelites
- Exodus 1:1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
- Exodus 2:1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
- Exodus 3:1 Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- Exodus 4:1 Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
- Exodus 5:1 After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
- Exodus 6:1 But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
- Exodus 7:1 The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
- Exodus 8:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 9:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 10:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
- Exodus 11:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
Wicked: Pilate, Delivering up Jesus for Crucifixion
- Matthew 27:11–26 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied. …
- Mark 15:15 And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
Wicked: Potiphar, Putting Joseph Into Prison
- Genesis 39:20 So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
- Genesis 40:15 For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
Wicked: Rehoboam, Making the Yoke Heavy
- 1 Kings 12:8–11 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him. …
- 2 Chronicles 10:1–15 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. …
Wicked: Samuel's Sons, Taking Bribes
- 1 Samuel 8:1–5 When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel. …
Wicked: Saul, Jealously Plotting Against David
- 1 Samuel 19:1 Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
Wicked: Saul, Killing Ahimelech and the Priests
- 1 Samuel 22:7–19 Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds? …
Wicked: Saul, Sparing Agag and the Best of the Booty
- 1 Samuel 15:8–35 He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword. …
Wicked: Solomon, Luxurious, and Idolatrous
- 1 Kings 11:1–13 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh — women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. …
Wicked: Solomon, Oppressing the People
- 1 Kings 12:4 “Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
- 1 Kings 4:7–23 Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year, …
Wicked: The Chief Priests, Elders, and the Sanhedrin, Seeking False Witness Against Jesus
- Matthew 26:59 Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
Wicked: The Princes, Conspiring Against Daniel
- Daniel 6:1–9 Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, …
Wicked: Uzziah, Invading the Priest's office
- 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
Wicked: Zachariah, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah, Following the Sins of Jeroboam
- 2 Kings 15:9 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- 2 Kings 15:18 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- 2 Kings 15:24 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- 2 Kings 15:28 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
Wicked: Zedekiah, Following the Evil Example of Jehoiakim
- 2 Kings 24:19 And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
- 2 Chronicles 36:12–13 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD. …
Wicked: Zimri, Walking in the Ways of Jeroboam
- 1 Kings 16:19 because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.