Proverbs 8:15
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15 By me (A)kings reign,
and rulers decree what is just;
Romans 13:1
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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.
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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;
Matthew 28:18
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18 And Jesus came and said to them, (A)“All authority (B)in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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Revelation 19:16
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16 On his robe and on his thigh (A)he has a name written, (B)King of kings and Lord of lords.
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Daniel 7:13-14
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The Son of Man Is Given Dominion
13 “I saw in the night visions,
and (A)behold, with the clouds of heaven
there came one like a son of man,
and he came to the (B)Ancient of Days
and was presented before him.
14 (C)And to him was given dominion
and glory and a kingdom,
that all (D)peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him;
(E)his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
that shall not be destroyed.
Daniel 5:18-31
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18 O king, the (A)Most High God (B)gave (C)Nebuchadnezzar your father (D)kingship and greatness and glory and majesty. 19 And because of the greatness that he gave him, (E)all peoples, nations, and languages (F)trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled. 20 But (G)when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, (H)he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. 21 (I)He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, (J)until he knew that the (K)Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. 22 And you his son,[a] (L)Belshazzar, (M)have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 23 but you have lifted up yourself against (N)the Lord of heaven. And (O)the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. (P)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, (Q)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and (R)whose are all your ways, (S)you have not honored.
24 “Then from his presence (T)the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed. 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered[b] the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; 27 Tekel, (U)you have been weighed[c] in the balances and found wanting; 28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to (V)the Medes and (W)Persians.”[d]
29 Then (X)Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel (Y)was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 (Z)That very night (AA)Belshazzar the (AB)Chaldean king was killed. 31 [e] And (AC)Darius (AD)the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
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- Daniel 5:22 Or successor
- Daniel 5:26 Mene sounds like the Aramaic for numbered
- Daniel 5:27 Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed
- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia
- Daniel 5:31 Ch 6:1 in Aramaic
Daniel 4:32
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32 (A)and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, (B)until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.”
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Revelation 19:11
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The Rider on a White Horse
11 Then I saw (A)heaven opened, and behold, (B)a white horse! The one sitting on it is called (C)Faithful and True, and (D)in righteousness he judges and makes war.
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Daniel 4:25
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25 (A)that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made (B)to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and (C)seven periods of time shall pass over you, till (D)you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.
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Jeremiah 33:15
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15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous (A)Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
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Jeremiah 27:5-7
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5 “It is I who (A)by my great power and my outstretched arm (B)have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, (C)and I give it to whomever it seems right to me. 6 (D)Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, (E)my servant, (F)and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. 7 (G)All the nations shall serve him and (H)his son and (I)his grandson, (J)until the time of his own land comes. (K)Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.
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Isaiah 32:1-2
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A King Will Reign in Righteousness
32 Behold, (A)a king will reign in righteousness,
and princes will rule in justice.
2 (B)Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
a shelter from the storm,
(C)like streams of water in a dry place,
like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
Isaiah 1:26
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26 And I will restore your judges (A)as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward (B)you shall be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city.”
Psalm 99:4
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4 (A)The King in his might (B)loves justice.[a]
You have established equity;
you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.
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- Psalm 99:4 Or The might of the King loves justice
Psalm 72:1-4
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Give the King Your Justice
Of (A)Solomon.
72 Give the king your (B)justice, O God,
and your righteousness to the royal son!
2 May he (C)judge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice!
3 Let the mountains bear (D)prosperity for the people,
and the hills, in righteousness!
4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the children of the needy,
and crush the oppressor!
1 Chronicles 28:5
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5 And of (A)all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he (B)has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
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1 Kings 10:9
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9 (A)Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! (B)Because the Lord loved Israel forever, he has made you king, (C)that you may execute justice and righteousness.”
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1 Kings 5:7
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7 As soon as Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the Lord this day, who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people.”
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1 Kings 3:28
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28 And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that (A)the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
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1 Kings 3:9
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9 (A)Give your servant therefore an understanding mind (B)to govern your people, that I may (C)discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”
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1 Samuel 16:1
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David Anointed King
16 The Lord said to Samuel, (A)“How long will you grieve over Saul, since (B)I have rejected him from being king over Israel? (C)Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, (D)for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”
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1 Samuel 9:17
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17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, (A)“Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people.”
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