Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
Seek
Ruler's favour
General references
Bible References
Seek
Proverbs 19:6
Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.
Psalm 20:9
The Lord will deliver the king; he will answer us when we call to him for help!
Ruler's favour
Proverbs 16:7
When a person's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.
Proverbs 19:21
There are many plans in a person's mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.
Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
Genesis 43:14
May the sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them."
Ezra 7:27
Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the Lord which is in Jerusalem!
Nehemiah 1:11
Please, O Lord, listen attentively to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me in the presence of this man." Now I was cupbearer for the king.
Esther 4:16
"Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don't eat and don't drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!"
Psalm 20:9
The Lord will deliver the king; he will answer us when we call to him for help!
Psalm 62:12
and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. For you repay men for what they do.
Isaiah 46:9
Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! Truly I am God, I have no peer; I am God, and there is none like me,
Daniel 4:35
All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, 'What have you done?'
General references
Lamentations 3:38
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes -- both calamity and blessing?