1 Samuel 9:17
And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, This is the man of whom I gave you word! he it is who is to have authority over my people.
1 Samuel 3:13
And you are to say to him that I will send punishment on his family for ever, for the sin which he had knowledge of; because his sons have been cursing God and he had no control over them.
1 Samuel 16:6-12
Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.
2 Samuel 23:6-7
But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand:
Nehemiah 13:19
And so, when the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the doors to be shut and not to be open again till after the Sabbath: and I put some of my servants by the door so that nothing might be taken in on the Sabbath day.
Nehemiah 13:25
And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
Hosea 13:11
I have given you a king, because I was angry, and have taken him away in my wrath.
Acts 13:21
Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.
Romans 13:3-4
For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;