22 Bible Verses About Wicked Government And Leaders

“When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: But when the wicked rise, a man is hidden”

— Proverbs 28:12

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: But when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn”

— Proverbs 29:2

“Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, ne”

— Jeremiah 22:3

“My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt”

— Daniel 6:22

“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of”

— Exodus 18:21

“Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous”

— Deuteronomy 16:19

“Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, a”

— Ezekiel 22:26

“The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, Ruling in the fear of God”

— 2 Samuel 23:3

“They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off”

— Hosea 8:4

“But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another”

— Psalm 75:7

“It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: For the throne is established by righteousness”

— Proverbs 16:12

“But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived”

— 2 Timothy 3:13

“the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?”

— Jeremiah 5:31

“thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them”

— Isaiah 1:23

“The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully”

— Ezekiel 22:29

“Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered”

— Proverbs 11:21

“If a ruler hearken to lies, All his servants are wicked”

— Proverbs 29:12

“He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, Even they both are abomination to the LORD”

— Proverbs 17:15

“For the sins of her prophets, And the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood Of the just in the midst of her”

— Lamentations 4:13

“Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the L”

— 2 Kings 21:16

“The wicked walk on every side, When the vilest men are exalted”

— Psalm 12:8

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”

— Romans 12:2