Bible Cross References
wicked
Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler pays attention to false information, all his officials will be liars.
Hosea 5:11
Israel is suffering oppression; she has lost land that was rightfully hers, because she insisted on going for help to those who had none to give.
Micah 6:16
This will happen because you have followed the evil practices of King Omri and of his son, King Ahab. You have continued their policies, and so I will bring you to ruin, and everyone will despise you. People everywhere will treat you with contempt."
when
Judges 9:18-57
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But today you turned against my father's family. You killed his sons---seventy men on a single stone---and just because Abimelech, his son by his servant woman, is your relative, you have made him king of Shechem.
19
Now then, if what you did today to Gideon and his family was sincere and honest, then be happy with Abimelech and let him be happy with you.
20
But if not, may fire blaze out from Abimelech and burn up the men of Shechem and Bethmillo. May fire blaze out from the men of Shechem and Bethmillo and burn Abimelech up."
21
Then because he was afraid of his brother Abimelech, Jotham ran away and went to live at Beer.
22
Abimelech ruled Israel for three years.
23
Then God made Abimelech and the men of Shechem hostile to each other, and they rebelled against Abimelech.
24
This happened so that Abimelech and the men of Shechem, who encouraged him to murder Gideon's seventy sons, would pay for their crime.
25
The men of Shechem put men in ambush against Abimelech on the mountaintops, and they robbed everyone who passed their way. Abimelech was told about this.
26
Then Gaal son of Ebed came to Shechem with his brothers, and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
27
They all went out into their vineyards and picked the grapes, made wine from them, and held a festival. They went into the temple of their god, where they ate and drank and made fun of Abimelech.
28
Gaal said, "What kind of men are we in Shechem? Why are we serving Abimelech? Who is he, anyway? The son of Gideon! And Zebul takes orders from him, but why should we serve him? Be loyal to your ancestor Hamor, who founded your clan!
29
I wish I were leading this people! I would get rid of Abimelech! I would tell him, 'Reinforce your army, come on out and fight!' "
30
Zebul, the ruler of the city, became angry when he heard what Gaal had said.
31
He sent messengers to Abimelech at Arumah to say, "Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem, and they are not going to let you into the city.
32
Now then, you and your men should move by night and hide in the fields.
33
Get up tomorrow morning at sunrise and make a sudden attack on the city. Then when Gaal and his men come out against you, hit them with all you've got!"
34
So Abimelech and all his men made their move at night and hid outside Shechem in four groups.
35
When Abimelech and his men saw Gaal come out and stand at the city gate, they got up from their hiding places.
36
Gaal saw them and said to Zebul, "Look! There are men coming down from the mountaintops!" "Those are not men," Zebul answered. "They are just shadows on the mountains."
37
Gaal said again, "Look! There are men coming down the crest of the mountain and one group is coming along the road from the oak tree of the fortunetellers!"
38
Then Zebul said to him, "Where is all your big talk now? You were the one who asked why we should serve this man Abimelech. These are the men you were making fun of. Go on out now and fight them."
39
Gaal led the men of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.
40
Abimelech started after Gaal, and Gaal ran. Many were wounded, even at the city gate.
41
Abimelech lived in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem, so that they could no longer live there.
42
The next day Abimelech found out that the people of Shechem were planning to go out into the fields,
43
so he took his men, divided them into three groups, and hid in the fields, waiting. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he came out of hiding to kill them.
44
While Abimelech and his group hurried forward to guard the city gate, the other two companies attacked the people in the fields and killed them all.
45
The fighting continued all day long. Abimelech captured the city, killed its people, tore it down, and covered the ground with salt.
46
When all the leading men in the fort at Shechem heard about this, they sought safety in the stronghold of the temple of Baal-of-the-Covenant.
47
Abimelech was told that they had gathered there,
48
so he went up to Mount Zalmon with his men. There he took an ax, cut a limb off a tree, and put it on his shoulder. He told his men to hurry and do the same thing.
49
So everyone cut off a tree limb; then they followed Abimelech and piled the wood up against the stronghold. They set it on fire, with the people inside, and all the people of the fort died---about a thousand men and women.
50
Then Abimelech went to Thebez, surrounded that city, and captured it.
51
There was a strong tower there, and every man and woman in the city, including the leaders, ran to it. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof.
52
When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he went up to the door to set the tower on fire.
53
But a woman threw a millstone down on his head and fractured his skull.
54
Then he quickly called the young man who was carrying his weapons and told him, "Draw your sword and kill me. I don't want it said that a woman killed me." So the young man ran him through, and he died.
55
When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
56
And so it was that God paid Abimelech back for the crime that he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers.
57
God also made the men of Shechem suffer for their wickedness, just as Jotham, Gideon's son, said they would when he cursed them.
1 Samuel 18:17
Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife on condition that you serve me as a brave and loyal soldier, and fight the LORD's battles." (Saul was thinking that in this way the Philistines would kill David, and he would not have to do it himself.)
1 Samuel 18:18
David answered, "Who am I and what is my family that I should become the king's son-in-law?"
Esther 3:6-15
6
and when he learned that Mordecai was a Jew, he decided to do more than punish Mordecai alone. He made plans to kill every Jew in the whole Persian Empire.
7
In the twelfth year of King Xerxes' rule, in the first month, the month of Nisan, Haman ordered the lots to be cast ("purim," they were called) to find out the right day and month to carry out his plot. The thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, was decided on.
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So Haman told the king, "There is a certain race of people scattered all over your empire and found in every province. They observe customs that are not like those of any other people. Moreover, they do not obey the laws of the empire, so it is not in your best interests to tolerate them.
9
If it please Your Majesty, issue a decree that they are to be put to death. If you do, I guarantee that I will be able to put 375 tons of silver into the royal treasury for the administration of the empire."
10
The king took off his ring, which was used to stamp proclamations and make them official, and gave it to the enemy of the Jewish people, Haman son of Hammedatha, the descendant of Agag.
11
The king told him, "The people and their money are yours; do as you like with them."
12
So on the thirteenth day of the first month Haman called the king's secretaries and dictated a proclamation to be translated into every language and system of writing used in the empire and to be sent to all the rulers, governors, and officials. It was issued in the name of King Xerxes and stamped with his ring.
13
Runners took this proclamation to every province of the empire. It contained the instructions that on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, all Jews---young and old, women and children---were to be killed. They were to be slaughtered without mercy and their belongings were to be taken.
14
The contents of the proclamation were to be made public in every province, so that everyone would be prepared when that day came.
15
At the king's command the decree was made public in the capital city of Susa, and runners carried the news to the provinces. The king and Haman sat down and had a drink while the city of Susa was being thrown into confusion.
Isaiah 32:4-6
4
They will not be impatient any longer, but they will act with understanding and will say what they mean.
5
No one will think that a fool is honorable or say that a scoundrel is honest.
6
A fool speaks foolishly and thinks up evil things to do. What he does and what he says are an insult to the LORD, and he never feeds the hungry or gives thirsty people anything to drink.
Mark 14:63-65
63
The High Priest tore his robes and said, "We don't need any more witnesses!
64
You heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" They all voted against him: he was guilty and should be put to death.
65
Some of them began to spit on Jesus, and they blindfolded him and hit him. "Guess who hit you!" they said. And the guards took him and slapped him.
men
Job 30:8
A worthless bunch of nameless nobodies! They were driven out of the land.
Daniel 11:21
The angel went on to explain: "The next king of Syria will be an evil man who has no right to be king, but he will come unexpectedly and seize power by trickery.