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Psalm 94:20
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
19In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
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A throne that makes harm lawful exposes the gap between human authority and God’s holiness, especially when rulers claim his approval for what they decree.
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Psalm 58:2No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.Both describe deliberate injustice: Psalm 94 names harm enacted through statutes, while Psalm 58 names plotted injustice and measured violence.
Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decreesBoth name decrees as instruments of wrongdoing, exposing the harm that can be written into law.
John 11:57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.Both connect official commands with harmful intent: Psalm 94 names mischief by statute, and John records orders intended to enable a seizure.
Revelation 13:15–17It was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of …Both portray authority used for harm; Revelation describes an image causing those who refuse to worship it to be killed.
Ecclesiastes 3:16Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.Both locate wickedness where justice should govern: Psalm 94 names the throne, and Ecclesiastes names the place of justice.
Micah 6:16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of Ahab’s house. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and your inhabitants a hissing. …Both connect statutes with wrongdoing; Micah names Omri’s statutes and Ahab’s works as practices that bring God’s judgment.
Amos 6:3Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,The throne of wickedness and the seat of violence both join the language of rule with the practice of harm.
Psalm 50:16But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,Psalm 94 questions wicked rulers’ fellowship with God; Psalm 50 questions the wicked claiming his statutes and covenant.
Daniel 3:4–7Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,Both concern human authority issuing commands, though Daniel’s opening proclamation alone does not identify an unjust command.
Daniel 6:7–9All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute …Both describe harm imposed through statute; Daniel names a royal decree threatening the lions’ den for petitions addressed to anyone except the king.
Esther 3:6–12But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews …Both describe planned harm; Psalm 94 names statutes as its means, while Esther names Haman’s intent to destroy the Jews.
Psalm 5:4For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.Both deny compatibility between God and wickedness: an evil throne cannot have his fellowship, and evil cannot live with him.
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A law can carry a ruler’s seal and still do harm. God’s holiness stands above the throne; legal force cannot make wickedness acceptable to him.
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