Thematic Bible
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Government » The kings of the earth
The king establishes the land by justice. He who receives gifts overthrows it.
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In the multitude of people is the king's honor, but the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
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It is not for kings, O Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to desire strong drink. They will drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter. read more.
Let him drink and forget his poverty. Let him remember his misery no more.
Let him drink and forget his poverty. Let him remember his misery no more.
The God of Israel has spoken. The protector of Israel said to me: 'The king who rules with justice, who rules in obedience to God.
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You have heard my vows, O God, and you have given me what belongs to those who respect your name. Add many years to the king's life; let him live on and on! May he rule forever in your presence, O God. Protect him with your constant love and faithfulness.
Make vows to Jehovah your God and fulfill them. Let all who are around him bring gifts to him. He should be respected. He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is awesome to the kings of the earth.
All the kings of the earth will praise you, O Jehovah, because they have heard the words you spoke. They will sing this about the ways of Jehovah: Jehovah's honor is great!
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness for the throne is established by righteousness. Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They love the man who speaks what is right. Anger from a king is the messenger of death, but a wise man will placate it. read more.
The light of the king's face causes life. His favor is like a gentle rain in spring.
The light of the king's face causes life. His favor is like a gentle rain in spring.
Excellent speech does not fit a fool; much less do lying lips a prince.
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When a king sits on the throne of judgment he scatters away evil with his eyes.
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It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the honor of kings is to search out a matter. The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unreachable. Take away the dross from the silver and it will go to the refiner. read more.
Take away the wicked before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Take away the wicked before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
There is power (authority) in the word of a king. Who may ask him: What are you doing?
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Government » Whose throne shall be established
The king who faithfully judges the poor will have his throne established forever.
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Once you spoke in vision to your godly ones. You said: I have given help to one who is mighty. I have exalted one chosen from the people. I have found David my servant. I anointed him with my holy oil. With him my hand will be established; my arm also will strengthen him. read more.
No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him. I will beat down his adversaries before him. I will strike those who hate him. But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn (power) (strength) will be exalted (increased). I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. He will call to me: You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation! I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him. I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne like the days of heaven. If his descendants abandon my law and do not live by my rules, if they violate my statutes and do not obey my commandments, then with a rod I will punish their transgression and their crimes with beatings. But I will not take my loving kindness away from him or allow my truth to become perverted. I will not dishonor my promise or alter my own agreement. On my holiness I have taken an oath: I will not lie to David. His descendants will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun. It shall be established forever like the moon. It will be like a faithful witness in heaven.
No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him. I will beat down his adversaries before him. I will strike those who hate him. But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn (power) (strength) will be exalted (increased). I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. He will call to me: You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation! I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him. I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne like the days of heaven. If his descendants abandon my law and do not live by my rules, if they violate my statutes and do not obey my commandments, then with a rod I will punish their transgression and their crimes with beatings. But I will not take my loving kindness away from him or allow my truth to become perverted. I will not dishonor my promise or alter my own agreement. On my holiness I have taken an oath: I will not lie to David. His descendants will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun. It shall be established forever like the moon. It will be like a faithful witness in heaven.
Say this to my servant David: 'This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture where you followed sheep so that you could be the leader of my people Israel. I was with you wherever you went. I destroyed all your enemies in front of you. I will make your name famous like the names of the greatest people on earth. I will make a place for my people Israel and plant them there. They will dwell in their own place and not be troubled anymore. The wicked will not oppress them as they used to do read more.
when I let judges rule my people. I have kept your enemies from attacking you. Now I promise that you and your descendants will be kings. I will choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I will make him a strong ruler. I will allow no one to take his long lasting kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me. I will be his father. He will be my son. When he does wrong I will correct him just as parents correct children. I will never put an end to my agreement with him. I put an end to my agreement with Saul when he was king before you. I will make sure that one of your descendants will be king for a very long time. Your throne will be established from generation to generation.'
when I let judges rule my people. I have kept your enemies from attacking you. Now I promise that you and your descendants will be kings. I will choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I will make him a strong ruler. I will allow no one to take his long lasting kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me. I will be his father. He will be my son. When he does wrong I will correct him just as parents correct children. I will never put an end to my agreement with him. I put an end to my agreement with Saul when he was king before you. I will make sure that one of your descendants will be king for a very long time. Your throne will be established from generation to generation.'
King David stood there and said: Listen to me relatives (brothers and sisters) and subjects. I had my heart set on building the Temple where the Ark of Jehovah's Covenant could be placed. This Temple will be a stool for our God's feet, and I have made preparations to build it. However God told me: 'You must not build the Temple for my name because you have fought wars and caused bloodshed.' Yet, from my entire family Jehovah God of Israel chose me to be king of Israel for as long as I live. He had chosen the tribe of Judah to lead Israel. From the families of Judah he chose my father's family. From among my father's sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel. read more.
Of all my sons, for Jehovah has given me many sons, he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of Jehovah's kingdom to rule Israel. He told me: 'Your son Solomon will build my Temple and my courtyards because I have chosen him to be my son. I will be his father. I will establish his kingdom for a very long time if he will remain determined to obey my commands and laws, as he is doing today.'
Of all my sons, for Jehovah has given me many sons, he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of Jehovah's kingdom to rule Israel. He told me: 'Your son Solomon will build my Temple and my courtyards because I have chosen him to be my son. I will be his father. I will establish his kingdom for a very long time if he will remain determined to obey my commands and laws, as he is doing today.'
God is mighty, but does not despise men. He is mighty in strength of understanding. He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights. He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous. He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
Take away the dross from the silver and it will go to the refiner. Take away the wicked before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Government » Corruption in
I said: Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not your responsibility to know justice? You hate good and love evil! You rip off their skin and their flesh from off their bones! You eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them! You break their bones, and chop them in pieces similar to the contents of a pot or a caldron. read more.
They will cry to Jehovah but he will not answer them. In fact, he will hide his face from them at that time because they have done evil things.
They will cry to Jehovah but he will not answer them. In fact, he will hide his face from them at that time because they have done evil things.
Jezebel his wife came to him and asked: Why is your spirit so bitter that you have no desire for food? He replied: I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite. I said to him: 'Let me have your garden for money, or, if it pleases you, I will give you another garden for it.' 'But he said: I will not give you my garden.' Then his wife Jezebel said: Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, eat and be happy. I will give you the garden of Naboth the Jezreelite. read more.
So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the elders and nobles who were in authority with Naboth. The letter she wrote is as follows: Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people. Get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death. So the elders and nobles in authority in his town did as Jezebel said in the letter she sent them. They gave orders for a day of public sorrow and put Naboth at the head of the people. The two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people. They said: Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the elders and nobles who were in authority with Naboth. The letter she wrote is as follows: Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people. Get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death. So the elders and nobles in authority in his town did as Jezebel said in the letter she sent them. They gave orders for a day of public sorrow and put Naboth at the head of the people. The two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people. They said: Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
Take away the wicked before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
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Please hear this you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. You who abhor justice, and pervert honesty! They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with immorality. The leaders judge for a bribe, and the priests teach for wages! The prophets predict for money yet they rely on Jehovah when they say: Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? No evil will come upon us.
King » Rights and duties of
The king establishes the land by justice. He who receives gifts overthrows it.
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The king who faithfully judges the poor will have his throne established forever.
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O house of David, Jehovah says: Administer justice every morning. Deliver the person who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. That way I may not have to offer my wrath like fire and burn with none to extinguish it, because of the evil of your deeds.'
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If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.
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It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
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Take away the wicked before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness. Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men.
A ruler is persuaded by patience, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.
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Righteousness » The throne of kings established by
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness for the throne is established by righteousness.
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Take away the wicked before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
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Throne » Whose throne shall be established
The king who faithfully judges the poor will have his throne established forever.
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Once you spoke in vision to your godly ones. You said: I have given help to one who is mighty. I have exalted one chosen from the people. I have found David my servant. I anointed him with my holy oil. With him my hand will be established; my arm also will strengthen him. read more.
No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him. I will beat down his adversaries before him. I will strike those who hate him. But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn (power) (strength) will be exalted (increased). I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. He will call to me: You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation! I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him. I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne like the days of heaven. If his descendants abandon my law and do not live by my rules, if they violate my statutes and do not obey my commandments, then with a rod I will punish their transgression and their crimes with beatings. But I will not take my loving kindness away from him or allow my truth to become perverted. I will not dishonor my promise or alter my own agreement. On my holiness I have taken an oath: I will not lie to David. His descendants will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun. It shall be established forever like the moon. It will be like a faithful witness in heaven.
No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him. I will beat down his adversaries before him. I will strike those who hate him. But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn (power) (strength) will be exalted (increased). I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. He will call to me: You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation! I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him. I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne like the days of heaven. If his descendants abandon my law and do not live by my rules, if they violate my statutes and do not obey my commandments, then with a rod I will punish their transgression and their crimes with beatings. But I will not take my loving kindness away from him or allow my truth to become perverted. I will not dishonor my promise or alter my own agreement. On my holiness I have taken an oath: I will not lie to David. His descendants will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun. It shall be established forever like the moon. It will be like a faithful witness in heaven.
Say this to my servant David: 'This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture where you followed sheep so that you could be the leader of my people Israel. I was with you wherever you went. I destroyed all your enemies in front of you. I will make your name famous like the names of the greatest people on earth. I will make a place for my people Israel and plant them there. They will dwell in their own place and not be troubled anymore. The wicked will not oppress them as they used to do read more.
when I let judges rule my people. I have kept your enemies from attacking you. Now I promise that you and your descendants will be kings. I will choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I will make him a strong ruler. I will allow no one to take his long lasting kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me. I will be his father. He will be my son. When he does wrong I will correct him just as parents correct children. I will never put an end to my agreement with him. I put an end to my agreement with Saul when he was king before you. I will make sure that one of your descendants will be king for a very long time. Your throne will be established from generation to generation.'
when I let judges rule my people. I have kept your enemies from attacking you. Now I promise that you and your descendants will be kings. I will choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I will make him a strong ruler. I will allow no one to take his long lasting kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me. I will be his father. He will be my son. When he does wrong I will correct him just as parents correct children. I will never put an end to my agreement with him. I put an end to my agreement with Saul when he was king before you. I will make sure that one of your descendants will be king for a very long time. Your throne will be established from generation to generation.'
King David stood there and said: Listen to me relatives (brothers and sisters) and subjects. I had my heart set on building the Temple where the Ark of Jehovah's Covenant could be placed. This Temple will be a stool for our God's feet, and I have made preparations to build it. However God told me: 'You must not build the Temple for my name because you have fought wars and caused bloodshed.' Yet, from my entire family Jehovah God of Israel chose me to be king of Israel for as long as I live. He had chosen the tribe of Judah to lead Israel. From the families of Judah he chose my father's family. From among my father's sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel. read more.
Of all my sons, for Jehovah has given me many sons, he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of Jehovah's kingdom to rule Israel. He told me: 'Your son Solomon will build my Temple and my courtyards because I have chosen him to be my son. I will be his father. I will establish his kingdom for a very long time if he will remain determined to obey my commands and laws, as he is doing today.'
Of all my sons, for Jehovah has given me many sons, he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of Jehovah's kingdom to rule Israel. He told me: 'Your son Solomon will build my Temple and my courtyards because I have chosen him to be my son. I will be his father. I will establish his kingdom for a very long time if he will remain determined to obey my commands and laws, as he is doing today.'
God is mighty, but does not despise men. He is mighty in strength of understanding. He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights. He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous. He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
Take away the dross from the silver and it will go to the refiner. Take away the wicked before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.