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Rulers
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Psalm 72:16There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.Psalm 72:17His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.Psalm 82:2How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? [SelahPsalm 82:3Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.Psalm 82:4Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.Psalm 94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?Psalm 94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.Psalm 110:5The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.Psalm 148:11Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth;Psalm 148:13Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For his name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and the heavens.Proverbs 16:10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.Proverbs 16:12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.Proverbs 17:7Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.Proverbs 17:26Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.Proverbs 20:8A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.Proverbs 20:26A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the threshing- wheel over them.Proverbs 20:28Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness.Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.Proverbs 24:24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;Proverbs 24:25But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them.Proverbs 24:26He kisseth the lips Who giveth a right answer.Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.Proverbs 25:3As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.Proverbs 25:5Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.Proverbs 28:2For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.Proverbs 28:15As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, So is a wicked ruler over a poor people.Proverbs 28:16The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.Proverbs 28:28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.Proverbs 29:2When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.Proverbs 29:4The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.Proverbs 29:12If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, All his servants are wicked.Proverbs 29:14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.Proverbs 30:21For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, which it cannot bear:Proverbs 30:22For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?Proverbs 31:5Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.Proverbs 31:9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.Ecclesiastes 4:1Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.Ecclesiastes 4:14For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.Ecclesiastes 8:4For the king’s word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?Ecclesiastes 8:9All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:Ecclesiastes 10:6folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.Ecclesiastes 10:7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!Ecclesiastes 10:17Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.Isaiah 3:12As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.Isaiah 3:14Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:Isaiah 3:15what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.Isaiah 5:22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;