23 Bible Verses about Nature Of Kings

The heaven for hight, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.

A greyhound; a he-goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

And it came to pass, after the year had expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and destroyed Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

Now therefore hearken to their voice: yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that will reign over them.

And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people that asked of him a king. And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some will run before his chariots. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to till his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.read more.
And he will take your daughters to be confectioneries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your most choice young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye will be his servants. And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy would have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, who made a marriage for his son,

For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear the things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou doest that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

However, we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to naught:

Or to governors, as to them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.

Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

And they brought it: and he saith to them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said to him, Cesar's.

Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cesar's.

But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.