23 Bible Verses about Nature Of Kings
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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 a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
The strutting rooster, the male goat also,
And a king when his army is with him.
Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
Now then, listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly warn them and tell them of the procedure of the king who will reign over them.”
So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who had asked of him a king. He said, “This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots. He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.read more.
He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his servants. He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants. He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work. He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants. Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.
So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?
The kings of the earth did not believe,
Nor did any of the inhabitants of the world,
That the adversary and the enemy
Could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength and the glory;
Surely now they will say, “We have no king,
For we do not revere the Lord.
As for the king, what can he do for us?”
But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ palaces!
for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”
for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.
Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;
or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” And they said, “They were like you, each one resembling the son of a king.”
“I chose a way for them and sat as chief,
And dwelt as a king among the troops,
As one who comforted the mourners.
They brought one. And He *said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
“Show Me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.”
You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves.
