45 Bible Verses about Lordship, Human And Divine

And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful, thoughtful manager whom his master will put in charge of his household, to give out the supplies at the proper time?

And because he could not pay it, his master ordered him to be sold, yea, even his wife and children and all he had, and payment to be made.

After a long time the master of those slaves came back and settled accounts with them.

and be like men waiting for their master when he comes home from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they at once may open the door for him.

Then the manager said to himself, What shall I do, because my master is going to take my position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

You slaves must practice obedience to your earthly masters, with reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would obey Christ,

Slaves, practice obedience to your earthly masters in everything, not as though they were watching you and as though you were merely pleasing men, but with sincerity of heart, because you fear the Lord.

Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come back and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

Now when the owner of the estate comes back, what will he do to these tenants?"

So they drove him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

And while they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

I mean this: As long as the heir is under age he is not a whit better off than a slave, although he is heir of all the property,

and said, "Sir, we remember that that pretender said while He was living, 'After three days I will rise again.'

But he answered, 'Leave it, sir, just one more year, till I dig around it and manure it.

and they went to Philip who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and kept making this request of him, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" Because she supposed it was the gardener, she said to Him, "If it was you, sir, who carried Him away, tell me where you put Him, and I will remove Him."

After leading them out of the jail, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

They were submissive to their husbands, as Sarah, for example, obeyed Abraham and called him master. You have become true daughters of hers, if you practice doing right and cease from every fear.

Then Jesus called them to Him, and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule the heathen lord it over them, and their great men rule as despots over them; but this is not to be the case among you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to hold the first positions among you must be everybody's slave.read more.
For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "You know that the rulers of the heathen lord it over them, and their great men rule as despots over them. It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to hold first position among you must be your slave,read more.
just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

But He said to them, "The kings of the heathen lord it over them and those who exercise authority over them are given the title of 'Benefactor.' But you are not to do so. On the contrary, the greatest among you must be like the youngest and the leader as the servant. Which one, indeed, is the greater, the guest at the table or the servant who waits on him? Is it not the guest at the table? But I am among you as the servant who waits on you.

be shepherds of the flock of God that is among you, not as though you had to but of your own free will, not from the motive of personal profit but freely, and not as domineering over those in your charge but proving yourselves models for the flock to imitate;

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David,

Then an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, so that they were fearfully frightened.

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and loud voices were heard in heaven, saying, "The sovereignty of the world has come into the possession of our Lord and His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever."

And I heard the altar say, "Yes, Lord God Almighty! Your sentences are true and just."

At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children.

At that very moment, by the power of the Holy Spirit, He exulted and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, I thank you that your good pleasure made it so.

The God who made the world and all that it contains, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by human hands,

which will be brought about in His own time by the blessed, only Sovereign, the King of kings, the Lord of lords,

But the word of the Lord lives on forever"; that is, the message of the good news which has been brought to you.

Stop taking revenge on one another, beloved, but leave a place for God's anger, for the Scripture says, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay them back, says the Lord."

And what agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live in them and walk in them, and I will be their God and they will be my people." Therefore: "'Come out of company with them, and separate from them,' the Lord has said, 'And stop touching what is unclean; then I will welcome you, I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters of mine,' The Lord Almighty said."

As an example of ill-treatment and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

So after they had given their testimony and spoken the Lord's message, they started back to Jerusalem, and on the way continued to tell the good news in many Samaritan villages.

and so the message of the Lord spread all over the country.

Some days after this Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we preached the Lord's message, to see how they are."

Then they told God's message to him and to all the members of his household.

This went on for two years, so that everybody living in the province of Asia, Greeks as well as Jews, heard the Lord's message.

to turn such a man as this over to Satan for the destruction of his lower nature, in order that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.

for you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the Lord is coming like a thief in the night.

not to let your minds be easily unsettled or even be excited, whether by some message by the Spirit or by some saying or letter that is claimed as coming from me, saying that the day of the Lord is already here.

The day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a roar, the heavenly bodies will be destroyed by being burned up, and the earth with all its works will melt away.

and to the very end He will guarantee that you are vindicated at the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

that is, to understand that you have grounds for boasting of me just as I have for boasting of you, on the day of our Lord Jesus.