23 Bible Verses about Nature Of Kings

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings is unsearchable.

It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.

the strutting rooster, the he-goat, and a king whose army is with him.

In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.

Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them."

So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking for a king from him. He said, "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.read more.
He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men and your donkeys, and put them to his work. He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day."

But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.

So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any of the inhabitants of the world, that foe or enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory,

For now they will say: "We have no king, for we do not fear the LORD; and a king--what could he do for us?"

What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,

For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it."

for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.

or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "Where are the men whom you killed at Tabor?" They answered, "As you are, so were they. Every one of them resembled the son of a king."

for he says: "Are not my commanders all kings?

I chose their way and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.

And they brought one. And he said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to him, "Caesar's."

"Show me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's."

You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god--your images that you made for yourselves,