Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
See in contextI exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
See in contextA wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
See in contextLet every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
See in contextWhen the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
See in contextAnd when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
See in contextIf my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
See in contextWhen thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
See in contextPut them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
See in contextBut we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
See in contextRighteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
See in contextYe have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
See in contextFor the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
See in contextDaniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever : for wisdom and might are his:
See in contextThe king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
See in contextWho hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began ,
See in contextThen Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
See in contextElect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
See in contextWho verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
See in contextAnd Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
See in contextAnd except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
See in contextI charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
See in contextAnd then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
See in contextThe Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
See in contextAnd all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
See in contextPut not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
See in contextWherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall :
See in contextAll things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
See in contextThe Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
See in contextAll that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
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