Kings

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’ — read the full passage →

Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots; — read the full passage →

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

He said to them, “The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’

I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army.

Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” — read the full passage →

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in Yahweh’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;

When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel. — read the full passage →

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, — read the full passage →

Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years. — read the full passage →

Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.

Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel: — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God. — read the full passage →

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious: — read the full passage →

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. — read the full passage →

In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months. — read the full passage →

When he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he struck all the house of Baasha: he didn’t leave him a single one who urinates on a wall, neither of his relatives, nor of his friends.

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm.

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.

Thus says Yahweh, “Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm. — read the full passage →