Psalms 94:20

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“Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?”

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BSBPD

“Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Is a throne of mischief joined <FI>with<Fi> Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 94:20 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 22:12“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.
  2. 1 Kings 12:32And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.
  3. 2 Chronicles 6:14and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
  4. Esther 3:6And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
  5. Psalms 50:16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
  6. Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
  7. Psalms 58:2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
  8. Psalms 82:1God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
  9. Proverbs 28:9Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
  10. Ecclesiastes 3:16Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
  11. Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
  12. Isaiah 1:11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
  13. Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
  14. Jeremiah 7:4Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
  15. Daniel 3:4Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:
  16. Daniel 6:7All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
  17. Amos 6:3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
  18. Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
  19. John 9:22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
  20. John 11:57But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
  21. John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
  22. 1 John 1:5And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
  23. Revelation 13:15The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.

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