23 Bible Verses about Nature Of Kings
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The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings -- are unsearchable.
A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king -- no rising up with him.
And it cometh to pass, at the revolution of the year -- at the time of the going out of the messengers -- that David sendeth Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroy the Bene-Ammon, and lay siege against Rabbah. And David is dwelling in Jerusalem,
And now, hearken to their voice; only, surely thou dost certainly protest to them, and hast declared to them the custom of the king who doth reign over them.'
And Samuel speaketh all the words of Jehovah unto the people who are asking from him a king, and saith, 'This is the custom of the king who doth reign over you: Your sons he doth take, and hath appointed for himself among his chariots, and among his horsemen, and they have run before his chariots; also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer.read more.
'And your daughters he doth take for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers; and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards -- the best -- he doth take, and hath given to his servants. And your seed and your vineyards he doth tithe, and hath given to his eunuchs, and to his servants. And your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your young men -- the best, and your asses, he doth take, and hath prepared for his own work; your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants. And ye have cried out in that day because of the king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah doth not answer you in that day.'
And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.
And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what is the man who cometh after the king? that which is already -- they have done it!
Believe not did the kings of earth, And any of the inhabitants of the world, That come would an adversary and enemy Into the gates of Jerusalem.
'Thou, O king, art a king of kings, for the God of the heavens a kingdom, strength, and might, and glory, hath given to thee;
For now they say: We have no king, Because we have not feared Jehovah, And the king -- what doth he for us?
But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses.
'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,
for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.'
for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.
And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age -- of those becoming useless,
whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;
And he saith unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, 'How -- the men whom ye slew in Tabor?' and they say, 'As thou -- so they, one -- as the form of the king's sons.'
I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.
and they brought, and he saith to them, 'Whose is this image, and the inscription?' and they said to him, 'Caesar's;'
shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, 'Of Caesar:'
And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for yourselves.
