Proverbs 28:4 Cross References

Proverbs 28:4

4: To reject the law is to praise the wicked; to obey the law is to fight them.

Romans 1:32

  1. They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.

Ephesians 5:11

  1. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, rebuke and expose them.

Matthew 3:7

  1. But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be baptized, he denounced them. "You brood of snakes!" he exclaimed. "Who warned you to flee God's coming judgment?

Psalms 49:18

  1. In this life they consider themselves fortunate, and the world loudly applauds their success.

1 Kings 18:18

  1. "I have made no trouble for Israel," Elijah replied. "You and your family are the troublemakers, for you have refused to obey the commands of the LORD and have worshiped the images of Baal instead.

Matthew 14:4

  1. John kept telling Herod, "It is illegal for you to marry her."

1 Kings 18:21

  1. Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, "How long are you going to waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!" But the people were completely silent.

Psalms 10:3

  1. For they brag about their evil desires; they praise the greedy and curse the LORD.

Nehemiah 13:23

  1. About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
  2. Even worse, half their children spoke in the language of Ashdod or some other people and could not speak the language of Judah at all.
  3. So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear before God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.
  4. "Wasn't this exactly what led King Solomon of Israel into sin?" I demanded. "There was no king from any nation who could compare to him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel. But even he was led into sin by his foreign wives.

Nehemiah 13:17

  1. So I confronted the leaders of Judah, "Why are you profaning the Sabbath in this evil way?
  2. Wasn't it enough that your ancestors did this sort of thing, so that our God brought the present troubles upon us and our city? Now you are bringing even more wrath upon the people of Israel by permitting the Sabbath to be desecrated in this way!"
  3. So I commanded that from then on the gates of the city should be shut as darkness fell every Friday evening, not to be opened until the Sabbath ended. I also sent some of my own servants to guard the gates so that no merchandise could be brought in on the Sabbath day.
  4. The merchants and tradesmen with a variety of wares camped outside Jerusalem once or twice.

Nehemiah 5:7

  1. After thinking about the situation, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, "You are oppressing your own relatives by charging them interest when they borrow money!" Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.
  2. At the meeting I said to them, "The rest of us are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?" And they had nothing to say in their defense.
  3. Then I pressed further, "What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?
  4. I myself, as well as my brothers and my workers, have been lending the people money and grain, but now let us stop this business of loans.
  5. You must restore their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and homes to them this very day. Repay the interest you charged on their money, grain, wine, and olive oil."

Jeremiah 5:30

  1. "A horrible and shocking thing has happened in this land--

2 Kings 3:13

  1. "I want no part of you," Elisha said to the king of Israel. "Go to the pagan prophets of your father and mother!" But King Joram said, "No! For it was the LORD who called us three kings here to be destroyed by the king of Moab!"
  2. Elisha replied, "As surely as the LORD Almighty lives, whom I serve, I would not bother with you except for my respect for King Jehoshaphat of Judah.

Galatians 2:3

  1. And they did agree. They did not even demand that my companion Titus be circumcised, though he was a Gentile.
  2. Even that question wouldn't have come up except for some so-called Christians there--false ones, really--who came to spy on us and see our freedom in Christ Jesus. They wanted to force us, like slaves, to follow their Jewish regulations.
  3. But we refused to listen to them for a single moment. We wanted to preserve the truth of the Good News for you.
  4. And the leaders of the church who were there had nothing to add to what I was preaching. (By the way, their reputation as great leaders made no difference to me, for God has no favorites.)

Acts 12:22

  1. The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, "It is the voice of a god, not of a man!"

Nehemiah 13:8

  1. I became very upset and threw all of Tobiah's belongings from the room.
  2. Then I demanded that the rooms be purified, and I brought back the utensils for God's Temple, the grain offerings, and the frankincense.
  3. I also discovered that the Levites had not been given what was due them, so they and the singers who were to conduct the worship services had all returned to work their fields.
  4. I immediately confronted the leaders and demanded, "Why has the Temple of God been neglected?" Then I called all the Levites back again and restored them to their proper duties.

Nehemiah 13:28

  1. One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest had married a daughter of Sanballat the Horonite, so I banished him from my presence.

1 Samuel 15:14

  1. "Then what is all the bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle I hear?" Samuel demanded.
  2. "It's true that the army spared the best of the sheep and cattle," Saul admitted. "But they are going to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. We have destroyed everything else."
  3. Then Samuel said to Saul, "Stop! Listen to what the LORD told me last night!What was it?" Saul asked.
  4. And Samuel told him, "Although you may think little of yourself, are you not the leader of the tribes of Israel? The LORD has anointed you king of Israel.
  5. And the LORD sent you on a mission and told you, `Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.'

1 Samuel 22:14

  1. "But sir," Ahimelech replied, "is there anyone among all your servants who is as faithful as David, your son-in-law? Why, he is the captain of your bodyguard and a highly honored member of your household!
  2. This was certainly not the first time I had consulted God for him! Please don't accuse me and my family in this matter, for I knew nothing of any plot against you."

1 Thessalonians 2:2

  1. You know how badly we had been treated at Philippi just before we came to you and how much we suffered there. Yet our God gave us the courage to declare his Good News to you boldly, even though we were surrounded by many who opposed us.

Acts 15:2

  1. Paul and Barnabas, disagreeing with them, argued forcefully and at length. Finally, Paul and Barnabas were sent to Jerusalem, accompanied by some local believers, to talk to the apostles and elders about this question.

Matthew 3:15

  1. But Jesus said, "It must be done, because we must do everything that is right. "So then John baptized him.

Acts 19:9

  1. But some rejected his message and publicly spoke against the Way, so Paul left the synagogue and took the believers with him. Then he began preaching daily at the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

1 Samuel 23:19

  1. But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him. "We know where David is hiding," they said. "He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon.
  2. Come down whenever you're ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!"
  3. "The LORD bless you," Saul said. "At last someone is concerned about me!

Nehemiah 13:15

  1. One Sabbath day I saw some men of Judah treading their winepresses. They were also bringing in bundles of grain and loading them on their donkeys. And on that day they were bringing their wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of produce to Jerusalem to sell. So I rebuked them for selling their produce on the Sabbath.

Acts 24:2

  1. When Paul was called in, Tertullus laid charges against Paul in the following address to the governor: "Your Excellency, you have given peace to us Jews and have enacted reforms for us.
  2. And for all of this we are very grateful to you.
  3. But lest I bore you, kindly give me your attention for only a moment as I briefly outline our case against this man.

1 John 4:5

  1. These people belong to this world, so they speak from the world's viewpoint, and the world listens to them.

1 Kings 22:19

  1. Then Micaiah continued, "Listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left.
  2. And the LORD said, `Who can entice Ahab to go into battle against Ramoth-gilead so that he can be killed there?' There were many suggestions,
  3. until finally a spirit approached the LORD and said, `I can do it!'
  4. " `How will you do this?' the LORD asked. "And the spirit replied, `I will go out and inspire all Ahab's prophets to speak lies.'" `You will succeed,' said the LORD. `Go ahead and do it.'
  5. "So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of your prophets. For the LORD has determined disaster for you."

1 Kings 21:19

  1. Give him this message: `This is what the LORD says: Isn't killing Naboth bad enough? Must you rob him, too? Because you have done this, dogs will lick your blood outside the city just as they licked the blood of Naboth!'"
  2. "So my enemy has found me!" Ahab exclaimed to Elijah. "Yes," Elijah answered, "I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the LORD's sight.

Jude 1:3

  1. Dearly loved friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the truth of the Good News. God gave this unchanging truth once for all time to his holy people.

1 Kings 20:41

  1. Then the prophet pulled the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
  2. And the prophet told him, "This is what the LORD says: Because you have spared the man I said must be destroyed, now you must die in his place, and your people will die instead of his people."
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