23 Bible Verses about Nature Of Kings

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep,
so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter
and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.

a strutting rooster, a goat,
and a king at the head of his army.

In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.

Listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and tell them about the rights of the king who will rule over them.”

Samuel told all the Lord’s words to the people who were asking him for a king. He said, “These are the rights of the king who will rule over you: He will take your sons and put them to his use in his chariots, on his horses, or running in front of his chariots. He can appoint them for his use as commanders of thousands or commanders of fifties, to plow his ground or reap his harvest, or to make his weapons of war or the equipment for his chariots. read more.
He can take your daughters to become perfumers, cooks, and bakers. He can take your best fields, vineyards, and olive orchards and give them to his servants. He can take a tenth of your grain and your vineyards and give them to his officials and servants. He can take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys and use them for his work. He can take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves can become his servants. When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you’ve chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you on that day.”

The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.

Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly, for what will the man be like who comes after the king? He will do what has already been done.

ל LamedThe kings of the earth
and all the world’s inhabitants did not believe
that an enemy or adversary
could enter Jerusalem’s gates.

Your Majesty, you are king of kings. The God of heaven has given you sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

In fact, they are now saying,
“We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.
What can a king do for us?”

What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear soft clothes are in kings’ palaces.

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see yet didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear yet didn’t hear them.”

For government is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.

However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

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

He asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?”

“They were like you,” they said. “Each resembled the son of a king.”

For he says,
“Aren’t all my commanders kings?

I directed their course and presided as chief.
I lived as a king among his troops,
like one who comforts those who mourn.

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So they brought one. “Whose image and inscription is this?” He asked them.

“Caesar’s,” they said.

“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?”

“Caesar’s,” they said.

But you have taken up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, images you have made for yourselves.