Daniel 2:21

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²¹^(A)He changes times and seasons;
^(B)he removes kings and sets up kings;
^(C)he gives wisdom to the wise
^(D)and knowledge to those who have understanding;

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Daniel 4:17

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¹⁷The sentence is by the decree of ^(A)the watchers, the decision by the word of ^(B)the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High ^(C)rules the kingdom of men ^(D)and gives it to whom he will and ^(E)sets over it the lowliest of men.’

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Daniel 4:34-35

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Nebuchadnezzar Restored

³⁴^(A)At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and ^(B)my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored ^(C)him who lives forever,

^(D)for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
    and ^(E)his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
³⁵^(F)all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
    and ^(G)he does according to his will among the host of heaven
    and among the inhabitants of the earth;
^(H)and none can stay his hand
    or ^(I)say to him, “What have you done?”

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Romans 13:1-2

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Submission to the Authorities

13 Let every person ^(A)be subject to the governing authorities. For ^(B)there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. ²Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.

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