51 Bible Verses about Kingship, Divine

Thine, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the honour, for all things in the heavens and in the earth are thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. The riches and the glory are before thee, and thou dost reign over all, and in thy hand is power and might and in thy hand the greatness and the strength of all things.

The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; and let men say among the Gentiles, The LORD reigns.

But the LORD shall endure for ever; he has prepared his throne for judgment. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall judge the peoples in uprightness.

Thy throne, O God, is eternal and for ever, the rod of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

The LORD has prepared his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

O LORD of the hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made the heavens and earth.

The LORD sits upon the flood; yea, the LORD sat down as King for ever.

Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises with understanding.

And when ye saw that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, came against you, ye said unto me, No, but a king shall reign over us when the LORD your God was your king.

For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods.

Then I said, Woe is me! for I am dead because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of the hosts.

Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel and his redeemer, the LORD of the hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

Therefore unto the King forever, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

who in his time shall show the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

And they sing the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

Say among the Gentiles that the LORD reigns; he also has established the world, it shall not be moved; he shall judge the peoples righteously.

God reigns over the Gentiles; God sits upon the throne of his holiness.

The LORD reigns; he has clothed himself with majesty; the LORD has clothed himself with strength; he has girded himself: he has established the world also, that it cannot be moved.

The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.

The LORD reigns; the peoples shall tremble; he who sits above the cherubim reigns; the earth shall be moved.

Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent ye and believe the gospel.

Caph They speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power, Lamed to make known to the sons of Adam his mighty acts and the glory of the magnificence of his kingdom. Mem Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages, and thy dominion endures throughout all generations.

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens is at hand.

From the days of John the Baptist until now, life is given unto the kingdom of the heavens, and the valiant take hold of it.

And he said unto them, I must announce the gospel of the kingdom of God to other cities also because for this am I sent.

But if I with the finger of God cast out the demons, certainly the kingdom of God is come upon you.

The law and the prophets were until John; since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and whosoever will presses into it.

Then comes the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet, and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are reduced unto our Lord and to his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

Nathanael answered and said unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

Say unto the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King comes unto thee, meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt the foal of a beast under yoke.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout with joy, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King shall come unto thee: just, and a saviour; humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said unto him, Thou sayest it.

And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

Then Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; now, therefore, my kingdom is not from here. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I AM king. To this end I was born, and for this cause I came into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.

whom Jason has received, and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

But unto the Son he said, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a rod of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

These shall make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those that are with him are called and chosen and faithful.

And he has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David; and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep and was gathered unto his fathers and saw corruption; but he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.

And answering, Jesus said, while he taught in the temple, How do the scribes say that the Christ is Son of David? For David himself said by the Holy Spirit, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. David therefore himself calls him Lord, and where then is he his son? And the many people heard him gladly.

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, What think ye of the Christ? Whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. He said unto them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying,read more.
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son?

And he said unto them, How do they say that the Christ is David's son? And David himself says in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.read more.
David therefore calls him Lord; how is he then his son?

And has raised up a horn of saving health for us in the house of his servant David,

Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne; he, seeing this before, spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul was not left in Hades, neither did his flesh see corruption.read more.
This Jesus God has raised up, of whom we all are witnesses. Therefore being raised up by the right hand of God and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which ye now see and hear. For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand until I make thy foes thy footstool. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king, to whom also he gave testimony, saying, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who shall fulfil all my will. Of this man's seed has God according to his promise raised up Jesus as Saviour unto Israel: