Bible Cross References
the righteous
Proverbs 11:10
A city is happy when honest people have good fortune, and there are joyful shouts when the wicked die.
Proverbs 28:12
When good people come to power, everybody celebrates, but when bad people rule, people stay in hiding.
Proverbs 28:28
People stay in hiding when the wicked come to power. But when they fall from power, the righteous will rule again.
Esther 8:15
Mordecai left the palace, wearing royal robes of blue and white, a cloak of fine purple linen, and a magnificent gold crown. Then the streets of Susa rang with cheers and joyful shouts.
Psalm 72:1-7
1
Teach the king to judge with your righteousness, O God; share with him your own justice,
2
so that he will rule over your people with justice and govern the oppressed with righteousness.
3
May the land enjoy prosperity; may it experience righteousness.
4
May the king judge the poor fairly; may he help the needy and defeat their oppressors.
5
May your people worship you as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon gives light, for ages to come.
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May the king be like rain on the fields, like showers falling on the land.
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May righteousness flourish in his lifetime, and may prosperity last as long as the moon gives light.
Isaiah 32:1
Some day there will be a king who rules with integrity, and national leaders who govern with justice.
Isaiah 32:2
Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a place to hide from storms. They will be like streams flowing in a desert, like the shadow of a giant rock in a barren land.
Jeremiah 23:5
The LORD says, "The time is coming when I will choose as king a righteous descendant of David. That king will rule wisely and do what is right and just throughout the land.
Jeremiah 23:6
When he is king, the people of Judah will be safe, and the people of Israel will live in peace. He will be called 'The LORD Our Salvation.'
Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The power to rule over the world belongs now to our Lord and his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever!"
when the wicked
Esther 3:15
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.
Ecclesiastes 10:5
Here is an injustice I have seen in the world---an injustice caused by rulers.
Matthew 2:3
When King Herod heard about this, he was very upset, and so was everyone else in Jerusalem.
Matthew 2:16
When Herod realized that the visitors from the East had tricked him, he was furious. He gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its neighborhood who were two years old and younger---this was done in accordance with what he had learned from the visitors about the time when the star had appeared.