Bible Cross References
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Ecclesiastes 4:1
Then I looked again at all the injustice that goes on in this world. The oppressed were crying, and no one would help them. No one would help them, because their oppressors had power on their side.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
Don't be surprised when you see that the government oppresses the poor and denies them justice and their rights. Every official is protected by someone higher, and both are protected by still higher officials.
1 Kings 21:9-21
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The letters said: "Proclaim a day of fasting, call the people together, and give Naboth the place of honor.
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Get a couple of scoundrels to accuse him to his face of cursing God and the king. Then take him out of the city and stone him to death."
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The officials and leading citizens of Jezreel did what Jezebel had commanded.
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They proclaimed a day of fasting, called the people together, and gave Naboth the place of honor.
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The two scoundrels publicly accused him of cursing God and the king, and so he was taken outside the city and stoned to death.
14
The message was sent to Jezebel: "Naboth has been put to death."
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As soon as Jezebel received the message, she said to Ahab, "Naboth is dead. Now go and take possession of the vineyard which he refused to sell to you."
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At once Ahab went to the vineyard to take possession of it.
17
Then the LORD said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe,
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"Go to King Ahab of Samaria. You will find him in Naboth's vineyard, about to take possession of it.
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Tell him that I, the LORD, say to him, 'After murdering the man, are you taking over his property as well?' Tell him that this is what I say: 'In the very place that the dogs licked up Naboth's blood they will lick up your blood!' "
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When Ahab saw Elijah, he said, "Have you caught up with me, my enemy?" "Yes, I have," Elijah answered. "You have devoted yourself completely to doing what is wrong in the LORD's sight.
21
So the LORD says to you, 'I will bring disaster on you. I will do away with you and get rid of every male in your family, young and old alike.
Psalm 58:1
Do you rulers ever give a just decision? Do you judge everyone fairly?
Psalm 58:2
No! You think only of the evil you can do, and commit crimes of violence in the land.
Psalm 82:2-5
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"You must stop judging unjustly; you must no longer be partial to the wicked!
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Defend the rights of the poor and the orphans; be fair to the needy and the helpless.
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Rescue them from the power of evil people.
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"How ignorant you are! How stupid! You are completely corrupt, and justice has disappeared from the world.
Psalm 94:21
who plot against good people and sentence the innocent to death.
Psalm 94:22
But the LORD defends me; my God protects me.
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is driven away, and right cannot come near. Truth stumbles in the public square, and honesty finds no place there.
Micah 2:2
When they want fields, they seize them; when they want houses, they take them. No one's family or property is safe.
Micah 7:3
They are all experts at doing evil. Officials and judges ask for bribes. The influential people tell them what they want, and so they scheme together.
Zephaniah 3:3
Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.
Matthew 26:59
The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some false evidence against Jesus to put him to death;
Acts 23:3
Paul said to him, "God will certainly strike you---you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the Law, yet you break the Law by ordering them to strike me!"
James 2:6
But you dishonor the poor! Who are the ones who oppress you and drag you before the judges? The rich!