Bible Cross References
I contended
Nehemiah 13:11
So I contended with the rulers, and said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?" And I gathered them together and set them in their place.
Nehemiah 13:25
So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying,] "You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.
Nehemiah 5:7
After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, "Each of you is exacting usury from his brother." So I called a great assembly against them.
Psalm 82:1
A Psalm of Asaph. God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods.
Psalm 82:2
How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But such as keep the law contend with them.
Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of the LORD, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the law of our God, You people of Gomorrah:
Jeremiah 5:5
I will go to the great men and speak to them, For they have known the way of the LORD, The judgment of their God." But these have altogether broken the yoke [And] burst the bonds.
Jeremiah 13:18
Say to the king and to the queen mother, "Humble yourselves; Sit down, For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory."
Jeremiah 22:2-23
2
"and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates!
3
'Thus says the LORD: "Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
4
"For if you indeed do this thing, then shall enter the gates of this house, riding on horses and in chariots, accompanied by servants and people, kings who sit on the throne of David.
5
"But if you will not hear these words, I swear by Myself," says the LORD, "that this house shall become a desolation." ' "
6
For thus says the LORD to the house of the king of Judah: "You [are] Gilead to Me, The head of Lebanon; [Yet] I surely will make you a wilderness, Cities [which] are not inhabited.
7
I will prepare destroyers against you, Everyone with his weapons; They shall cut down your choice cedars And cast [them] into the fire.
8
"And many nations will pass by this city; and everyone will say to his neighbor, 'Why has the LORD done so to this great city?'
9
"Then they will answer, 'Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods and served them.' "
10
Weep not for the dead, nor bemoan him; Weep bitterly for him who goes away, For he shall return no more, Nor see his native country.
11
For thus says the LORD concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went from this place: "He shall not return here anymore,
12
"but he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
13
" Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by injustice, [Who] uses his neighbor's service without wages And gives him nothing for his work,
14
Who says, 'I will build myself a wide house with spacious chambers, And cut out windows for it, Paneling [it] with cedar And painting [it] with vermilion.'
15
"Shall you reign because you enclose [yourself] in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, And do justice and righteousness? Then [it was] well with him.
16
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; Then [it was] well. [Was] not this knowing Me?" says the LORD.
17
"Yet your eyes and your heart [are] for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing oppression and violence."
18
Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: "They shall not lament for him, [Saying,] 'Alas, my brother!' or 'Alas, my sister!' They shall not lament for him, [Saying,] 'Alas, master!' or 'Alas, his glory!'
19
He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20
" Go up to Lebanon, and cry out, And lift up your voice in Bashan; Cry from Abarim, For all your lovers are destroyed.
21
I spoke to you in your prosperity, [But] you said, 'I will not hear.' This [has been] your manner from your youth, That you did not obey My voice.
22
The wind shall eat up all your rulers, And your lovers shall go into captivity; Surely then you will be ashamed and humiliated For all your wickedness.
23
O inhabitant of Lebanon, Making your nest in the cedars, How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you, Like the pain of a woman in labor?
Micah 3:1
And I said: "Hear now, O heads of Jacob, And you rulers of the house of Israel: [Is it] not for you to know justice?
Micah 3:9
Now hear this, You heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who abhor justice And pervert all equity,