1 Samuel 23:19

19 aThen the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of bJeshimon?

Proverbs 25:5

5take away cthe wicked from the presence of the king,
and his dthrone will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 29:12

12If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.

Ezekiel 22:9

9 eThere are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you fwho eat on the mountains; gthey commit lewdness in your midst.

Hosea 7:3

3By their evil hthey make ithe king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.
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