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Deuteronomy Chapter 1:13

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

Judges Chapter 8:23

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

Judges Chapter 21:25

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:1

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:2

Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:3

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:4

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

1 Samuel Chapter 8:5

And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:6

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:7

And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:8

According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:9

Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:10

And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:11

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 shall run before his chariots.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:12

And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:13

And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:14

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:15

And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:16

And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:17

He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:18

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:19

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

1 Samuel Chapter 8:20

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:21

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

1 Samuel Chapter 8:22

And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

Psalm Chapter 146:3

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Proverbs Chapter 4:27

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Ecclesiastes Chapter 10:2

A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

Isaiah Chapter 2:22

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Isaiah Chapter 33:22

For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.

John Chapter 19:11

Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

Acts Chapter 5:29

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Romans Chapter 13:1

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Romans Chapter 13:2

Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

Romans Chapter 13:3

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

Romans Chapter 13:4

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

Romans Chapter 13:5

Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

Romans Chapter 13:6

For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

Romans Chapter 13:7

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:10

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:11

For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:12

Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:13

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:14

I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:15

Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:16

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:17

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:18

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:19

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:20

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:21

For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:22

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:23

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:24

But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:25

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:26

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:27

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:28

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:29

That no flesh should glory in his presence.

1 Timothy Chapter 2:1

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

1 Timothy Chapter 2:2

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

1 Peter Chapter 2:13

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

1 Peter Chapter 2:14

Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

1 Peter Chapter 2:15

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

1 Peter Chapter 2:16

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

1 Peter Chapter 2:17

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