Proverbs 8:15
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15 (A)By me kings reign,
And rulers decree justice.
Romans 13:1
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Submit to Government
13 Let every soul be (A)subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
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Daniel 2:21
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21 And He changes (A)the times and the seasons;
(B)He removes kings and raises up kings;
(C)He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding.
Matthew 28:18
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18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, (A)“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
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Revelation 19:16
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16 And (A)He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:
(B)KING OF KINGS AND
LORD OF LORDS.
Daniel 7:13-14
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13 “I was watching in the night visions,
And behold, (A)One like the Son of Man,
Coming with the clouds of heaven!
He came to the Ancient of Days,
And they brought Him near before Him.
14 (B)Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
That all (C)peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is (D)an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
Which shall not be destroyed.
Daniel 5:18-31
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18 O king, (A)the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your [a]father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor. 19 And because of the majesty that He gave him, (B)all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whomever he wished, he (C)executed; whomever he wished, he kept alive; whomever he wished, he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down. 20 (D)But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. 21 Then he was (E)driven from the sons of men, his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, (F)till he [b]knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and appoints over it whomever He chooses.
22 “But you his son, Belshazzar, (G)have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this. 23 (H)And you have [c]lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the (I)vessels of [d]His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, (J)which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand (K)and owns all your ways, you have not glorified. 24 Then the [e]fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written.
25 “And this is the inscription that was written:
[f]MENE, MENE, [g]TEKEL, [h]UPHARSIN.
26 This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; 27 TEKEL: (L)You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; 28 PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the (M)Medes and (N)Persians.”[i] 29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him (O)that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Belshazzar’s Fall
30 (P)That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain. 31 (Q)And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
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- Daniel 5:18 Or ancestor
- Daniel 5:21 Recognized
- Daniel 5:23 Exalted
- Daniel 5:23 The temple
- Daniel 5:24 Lit. palm
- Daniel 5:25 Lit. a mina (50 shekels) from the verb “to number”
- Daniel 5:25 Lit. a shekel from the verb “to weigh”
- Daniel 5:25 Lit. and half-shekels from the verb “to divide”; pl. of Peres, v. 28
- Daniel 5:28 Aram. Paras, consonant with Peres
Daniel 4:32
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32 And (A)they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven [a]times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.”
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- Daniel 4:32 Possibly years
Revelation 19:11
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Christ on a White Horse
11 (A)Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, (B)a white horse. And He who sat on him was 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 They shall (A)drive you from men, your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you (B)eat grass like oxen. They shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven [a]times shall pass over you, (C)till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and (D)gives it to whomever He chooses.
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- Daniel 4:25 Possibly years
Jeremiah 33:15
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15 ‘In those days and at that time
I will cause to grow up to David
A (A)Branch of righteousness;
He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
Jeremiah 27:5-7
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5 (A)‘I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and (B)have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me. 6 (C)And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (D)My servant; and (E)the beasts of the field I have also given him to serve him. 7 (F)So all nations shall serve him and his son and his son’s son, (G)until the time of his land comes; (H)and then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them.
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Isaiah 32:1-2
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A Reign of Righteousness
32 Behold, (A)a king will reign in righteousness,
And princes will rule with justice.
2 A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,
And (B)a [a]cover from the tempest,
As rivers of water in a dry place,
As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
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- Isaiah 32:2 shelter
Isaiah 1:26
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26 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 The King’s strength also loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Psalm 72:1-4
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Glory and Universality of the Messiah’s Reign
A Psalm (A)of Solomon.
72 Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
2 (B)He will judge Your people with righteousness,
And Your poor with justice.
3 (C)The mountains will bring peace to the people,
And the little hills, by righteousness.
4 (D)He will bring justice to the poor of the people;
He will save the children of the needy,
And will [a]break in pieces the oppressor.
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- Psalm 72:4 crush
1 Chronicles 28:5
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5 (A)And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) (B)He has chosen my son Solomon 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 (B)delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, (C)to do justice and righteousness.”
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1 Kings 5:7
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7 So it was, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly and said,
Blessed be the Lord this day, for He has given David a wise son over this great people!
1 Kings 3:28
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28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the (A)wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
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1 Kings 3:9
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9 (A)Therefore give to Your servant an [a]understanding heart (B)to judge Your people, that I may (C)discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”
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- 1 Kings 3:9 Lit. hearing
1 Samuel 16:1
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David Anointed King
16 Now the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? (B)Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to (C)Jesse the Bethlehemite. For (D)I have [a]provided Myself a king among his sons.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:1 Lit. seen
1 Samuel 9:17
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17 So when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, (A)“There he is, the man of whom I spoke to you. This one shall reign over My people.”
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