TOPICAL BIBLE
Rulers
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Psalm 72:16There shall be an handful of corn 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 blessed.Psalm 82:2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.Psalm 82:3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.Psalm 82:4Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.Psalm 94:20Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?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 shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.Psalm 148:11Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:Psalm 148:13Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory [is] above the earth and heaven.Proverbs 16:10A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.Proverbs 16:12[It 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 just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.Proverbs 17:26Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.Proverbs 20:8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.Proverbs 20:26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.Proverbs 20:28Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.Proverbs 24:23These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.Proverbs 24:24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:Proverbs 24:25But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.Proverbs 24:26[Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.Proverbs 25:2[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.Proverbs 25:3The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and 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 a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.Proverbs 28:15[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.Proverbs 28:16The prince that wanteth 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 in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.Proverbs 29:4The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.Proverbs 29:12If a ruler hearken to lies, 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 is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:Proverbs 30:22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;Proverbs 31:4[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:Proverbs 31:5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.Proverbs 31:9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.Ecclesiastes 4:1So I returned, and considered 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 a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.Ecclesiastes 4:14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also [he that is] born in his kingdom becometh poor.Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.Ecclesiastes 8:4Where the word of a king [is, there is] 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 ruleth over another to his own hurt.Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler:Ecclesiastes 10:6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.Ecclesiastes 10:7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as 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 10:17Blessed [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 gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.Isaiah 3:12[As for] my people, children [are] their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause [thee] to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.Isaiah 3:14The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses.Isaiah 3:15What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, 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: