Verse 30

That the hypocrite may not reign, lest the people be ensnared.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 12:28-30 : 28 Therefore the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before one, even as far as Dan.
  • 2 Kgs 21:9 : 9 But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations which the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
  • Job 34:21 : 21 For His eyes are upon the ways of man, and He sees all his goings.
  • Ps 12:8 : 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
  • Prov 29:2-9 : 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people mourn. 3 Whoever loves wisdom makes his father glad; but he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth. 4 The king establishes the land by justice; but he who accepts bribes overthrows it. 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sing and rejoice. 7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it. 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare; but wise men turn away wrath. 9 If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no rest. 10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright; but the just seek his life. 11 A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward. 12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly followed the commandment.
  • Hos 13:11 : 11 I gave you a king in my anger, and took him away in my wrath.
  • Mic 6:16 : 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels, that I may make you a desolation, and the inhabitants a hissing; therefore you shall bear the reproach of My people.
  • 2 Thess 2:4-9 : 4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 5 Do you not remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things? 6 And now you know what restrains him, that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity already works: only he who now restrains will do so, until he is taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
  • Rev 13:3-4 : 3 And I saw one of his heads as if it were wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed, and all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 And they worshiped the dragon who gave power to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"
  • Rev 13:11-14 : 11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he performs great signs, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.