Bible Cross References
princes
Job 4:8-11
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I have seen people plow fields of evil and plant wickedness like seed; now they harvest wickedness and evil.
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Like a storm, God destroys them in his anger.
10
The wicked roar and growl like lions, but God silences them and breaks their teeth.
11
Like lions with nothing to kill and eat, they die, and all their children are scattered.
Psalm 10:8-10
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They hide themselves in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They spy on their helpless victims;
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they wait in their hiding place like lions. They lie in wait for the poor; they catch them in their traps and drag them away.
10
The helpless victims lie crushed; brute strength has defeated them.
Proverbs 28:15
Poor people are helpless against a wicked ruler; he is as dangerous as a growling lion or a prowling bear.
Isaiah 1:23
Your leaders are rebels and friends of thieves; they are always accepting gifts and bribes. They never defend orphans in court or listen when widows present their case.
Jeremiah 22:17
But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The LORD has spoken.
Ezekiel 22:6
All Israel's leaders trust in their own strength and commit murder.
Ezekiel 22:25-27
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The leaders are like lions roaring over the animals they have killed. They kill the people, take all the money and property they can get, and by their murders leave many widows.
26
The priests break my law and have no respect for what is holy. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. They do not teach the difference between clean and unclean things, and they ignore the Sabbath. As a result the people of Israel do not respect me.
27
The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich.
Micah 3:1-4
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Listen, you rulers of Israel! You are supposed to be concerned about justice,
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yet you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
3
You eat my people up. You strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot.
4
The time is coming when you will cry out to the LORD, but he will not answer you. He will not listen to your prayers, for you have done evil.
Micah 3:9-11
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Listen to me, you rulers of Israel, you that hate justice and turn right into wrong.
10
You are building God's city, Jerusalem, on a foundation of murder and injustice.
11
The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money---and they all claim that the LORD is with them. "No harm will come to us," they say. "The LORD is with us."
evening
Jeremiah 5:6
That is why lions from the forest will kill them; wolves from the desert will tear them to pieces, and leopards will prowl through their towns. If those people go out, they will be torn apart because their sins are numerous and time after time they have turned from God.
Habakkuk 1:8
"Their horses are faster than leopards, fiercer than hungry wolves. Their cavalry troops come riding from distant lands; their horses paw the ground. They come swooping down like eagles attacking their prey.