Day 15 Scripture verses

Exodus 18:19-22 NKJV
[19] Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you: Stand before God for the people, so that you may bring the difficulties to God. [20] And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do. [21] Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. [22] And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. So it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you.



Deuteronomy 16:18-20 NKJV
[18] “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. [19] You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. [20] You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.



Deuteronomy 28:1-6 NKJV
[1] “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. [2] And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God: [3] “Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country. [4] “Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. [5] “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. [6] “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.



I Samuel 12:12-15 NKJV
[12] And when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the Lord your God was your king. [13] “Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen and whom you have desired. And take note, the Lord has set a king over you. [14] If you fear the Lord and serve Him and obey His voice, and do not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then both you and the king who reigns over you will continue following the Lord your God. [15] However, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you, as it was against your fathers.



Esther 3:2-4 NKJV
[2] And all the king’s servants who were within the king’s gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow or pay homage. [3] Then the king’s servants who were within the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king’s command?” [4] Now it happened, when they spoke to him daily and he would not listen to them, that they told it to Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s words would stand; for Mordecai had told them that he was a Jew.



Job 12:23-25 NKJV
[23] He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them. [24] He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness. [25] They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.



Psalms 22:27-29 NKJV
[27] All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations Shall worship before You. [28] For the kingdom is the Lord’s, And He rules over the nations. [29] All the prosperous of the earth Shall eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust Shall bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep himself alive.



Psalms 33:8-16 NKJV
[8] Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. [9] For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast. [10] The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. [11] The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations. [12] Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. [13] The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men. [14] From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth; [15] He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works. [16] No king is saved by the multitude of an army; A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.



Proverbs 8:12-17 NKJV
[12] “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion. [13] The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate. [14] Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength. [15] By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice. [16] By me princes rule, and nobles, All the judges of the earth. [17] I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.



Proverbs 11:11, 14 NKJV
[11] By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
[14] Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.



Proverbs 21:1-3 NKJV
[1] The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes. [2] Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts. [3] To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.



Proverbs 29:2 NKJV
[2] When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.



Isaiah 9:6-7 NKJV
[6] For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. [7] Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.



Isaiah 40:22-24 NKJV
[22] It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. [23] He brings the princes to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth useless. [24] Scarcely shall they be planted, Scarcely shall they be sown, Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth, When He will also blow on them, And they will wither, And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.



Jeremiah 29:7 NKJV
[7] And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will have peace.



Daniel 2:20-23 NKJV
[20] Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. [21] And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding. [22] He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him. [23] “I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, And have now made known to me what we asked of You, For You have made known to us the king’s demand.”



Daniel 4:17 NKJV
[17] ‘This decision is by the decree of the watchers, And the sentence by the word of the holy ones, In order that the living may know That the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, Gives it to whomever He will, And sets over it the lowest of men.’

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