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Psalm 10:13
Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?
11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
12Arise, LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
13Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?
14But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
15Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
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The claim that God will never demand an account sharpens the distress of seeing people do harm while treating his authority with contempt.
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Luke 10:16Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”Both texts speak of rejection directed at God, with Luke tracing that rejection through Jesus and those he sends.
Psalm 74:10How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?Both prayers question the contempt shown toward God, naming the wicked person’s defiance and the enemy’s blasphemy.
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.Both texts identify God as the one being rejected or treated with contempt.
2 Samuel 12:9–10Why have you despised the LORD’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your …Both passages question contempt toward God, with Samuel naming the evil deeds through which David despised the LORD’s word.
2 Chronicles 24:22Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, “May the LORD look at …Divine accountability links these texts: the wicked person denies it, while Joash’s victim asks the LORD to see and repay.
Psalm 74:18Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.Both prayers bring contempt for God before him, naming those who condemn him or mock his name.
Numbers 11:20but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because you have rejected the LORD who is among you, and have wept before …Both passages name rejection of God, though Numbers addresses Israel’s complaint and the psalm addresses denial of accountability.
Psalm 59:7Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”Both portray wrongdoers speaking as though their conduct will escape scrutiny, whether no one hears or God demands no account.
Genesis 9:5I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s …The shared thread is accountability before God: the wicked person denies it, while Genesis states God’s demand concerning life’s blood.
Genesis 42:22Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is …Both texts concern an account for wrongdoing, denied by the wicked person and acknowledged by Reuben concerning the child’s blood.
Psalm 53:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Mahalath.” A contemplation by David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done …Both describe inward speech about God, linking wicked conduct with claims that dismiss his existence or his demand for an account.
Luke 11:50–51that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,Accountability connects the passages: the wicked person dismisses it, while Luke speaks of a generation answering for the prophets’ blood.
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The wicked person’s confidence does not settle what God sees. The surrounding prayer names trouble and grief without disguise, and affirms that God helps the victim.
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