Thematic Bible: Of men (promotion)
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Exaltation » Of men (promotion) » Examples of earthly
Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple and a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation concerning him was issued [declaring] that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.
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Then the king promoted Daniel [to an exalted position] and gave him many great gifts, and he made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.
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The man Jeroboam was a brave warrior and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.
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and over them three chief commissioners (of whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, so that the king would have no loss [from disloyalty or mismanagement].
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It happened that from the time that he made Joseph overseer in his house and [put him in charge] over all that he owned, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Joseph; so the Lord’s blessing was on everything that Potiphar owned, in the house and in the field.
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You shall have charge over my house, and all my people shall be governed according to your word and pay respect [to you with reverence, submission, and obedience]; only in [matters of] the throne will I be greater than you [in Egypt].”
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So Haman took the royal robe and the horse and dressed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him, “This is what shall be done for the man whom the king desires to honor.”
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Then the king caused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego to prosper in the province of Babylon.
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Exaltation » Of men (promotion) » Of unworthy men
Luxury is not fitting for a fool;
Much less for a slave to rule over princes.
Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the large number of his sons, and every instance in which the king had magnified him and how he had promoted him over the officials and servants of the king.
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After these things King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and established his authority over all the officials who were with him.
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The wise will inherit honor and glory,
But dishonor and shame is conferred on fools.
Under a servant when he reigns,
Under a [spiritually blind] fool when he is filled with food,
I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the ground.
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- Displaying
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- Distinctive Clothing
- Entrusting
- Folly, Effects Of
- Fools
- Forced Labour
- Fruits Of Sin
- Glory
- Gold Chains
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