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21 Bible Verses About Wicked Government

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  • Proverbs judges a government by its effect on the people, “when the wicked rule, the people groan” (29:2), and names bribery and extortion as marks of bad rule (29:4; 28:16).
  • Isaiah 10:1-2 pronounces a woe on lawmakers whose “unjust laws” and “oppressive decrees” take rights from the poor, widows and the fatherless.
  • In Psalm 82 God judges the rulers, tells them to defend the weak and the fatherless, and sentences them to “fall like every other ruler.”
  • Daniel reads the writing on the wall as a verdict on Belshazzar, and the king was slain “that very night” (Daniel 5:30).
  • Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2 tell believers to submit to authorities, while Acts 5:29 records the apostles refusing an order: “We must obey God rather than human beings!”

The Bible treats wicked government as rule that makes unjust laws, takes bribes and crushes the poor, and it holds such rulers answerable to God. Proverbs describes what a wicked ruler does to a people (Proverbs 29:2), and the prophets bring charges against Israel’s leaders (Isaiah 10:1-2; Micah 3:1-3). Psalm 82 and Daniel 5 show God passing sentence on rulers, and the New Testament tells believers how to live under authorities that treat them unjustly (1 Peter 2:23; Acts 5:29).…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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