Job 36:22
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22 See, God is exalted in his power;
who is a teacher like him?
Luke 1:52
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52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones
and lifted up the lowly;(A)
1 Samuel 2:7-8
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7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
he brings low; he also exalts.(A)
8 He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.(B)
Romans 13:1
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Being Subject to Authorities
13 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.(A)
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Jeremiah 27:5-8
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5 It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the people and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever I please.(A) 6 Now I have given all these lands into the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, my servant, and I have given him even the wild animals of the field to serve him.(B) 7 All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.(C)
8 But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this king, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, then I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, says the Lord, until I have completed its destruction by his hand.(D)
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Isaiah 54:13
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13 All your children shall be taught by the Lord,
and great shall be the prosperity of your children.(A)
John 6:45
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45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.(A)
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Daniel 5:18
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18 As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar kingship, greatness, glory, and majesty.(A)
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Daniel 4:32
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32 You shall be driven away from human society, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you have learned that the Most High has sovereignty over the kingdom of mortals and gives it to whom he will.”
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Daniel 4:25
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25 You shall be driven away from human society, and your dwelling shall be with the wild animals. You shall be made to eat grass like oxen, you shall be bathed with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you have learned that the Most High has sovereignty over the kingdom of mortals and gives it to whom he will.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:38
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Jerusalem to Be Enlarged
38 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.(A)
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Isaiah 48:17
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17 Thus says the Lord,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you how to succeed,
who leads you in the way you should go.(A)
Isaiah 14:5
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5 The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
the scepter of rulers,
Psalm 94:12
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12 Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord,
and whom you teach out of your law,(A)
Psalm 94:10
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10 He who disciplines the nations,
he who teaches knowledge to humankind,
does he not chastise?(A)
Psalm 75:7
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7 but it is God who executes judgment,
putting down one and lifting up another.(A)
Job 35:11
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11 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’(A)
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