Est 3:12-15, Psa 94:20, Pro 28:15-17, Isa 10:1, Dan 6:9-15 | ESV | STEP | Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month , and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded , was written to the king’s satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples , to every province in its own script and every people in its own language . It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring .

12 ^aThen the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king’s ^bsatraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, ^cto every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written ^din the name of King Ahasuerus ^eand sealed with the king’s signet ring. 13 Letters were sent ^fby couriers to all the king’s provinces with instruction ^gto destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, ^hin one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, ⁱand to plunder their goods. 14 ^jA copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day. 15 ^kThe couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, ^lbut the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.

Psalms 94:20

20 Can ^mwicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame injustice by ⁿstatute?

Proverbs 28:15-17

15 Like ^oa roaring lion or ^pa charging bear
is ^qa wicked ruler over a poor people.
16 A ruler who ^rlacks understanding is a cruel oppressor,
but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
17 If one is burdened with ^sthe blood of another,
he will be a fugitive until death; ^{▼▼Hebrew until the pit}
let no one help him.

Isaiah 10:1

1 Woe to those who ^udecree iniquitous decrees,
and the writers who ^vkeep writing oppression,

Daniel 6:9-15

9 Therefore King Darius signed the document and ^winjunction.

10 When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where ^xhe had windows in his upper chamber open ^ytoward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees ^zthree times a day and prayed and ^aagave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. 11 Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and plea before his God. 12 Then they ^abcame near and said before the king, concerning the injunction, “O king! Did you not sign ^acan injunction, that anyone who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered and said, “The thing stands fast, according to the law of ^adthe Medes and Persians, ^aewhich cannot be revoked.” 13 Then they answered and said before the king, ^af“Daniel, who is one ^agof the exiles ^ahfrom Judah, ^aipays no attention to you, O king, or ^ajthe injunction you have signed, but makes his petition ^akthree times a day.”

14 Then ^althe king, when he heard these words, ^amwas much distressed and set his mind to deliver Daniel. And he labored till the sun went down to rescue him. 15 Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no ^aninjunction or ordinance that the king establishes can be changed.”