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- Deuteronomy 1:13
Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
Read it in context - Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 2:1–2
1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— 2for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
Read it in context - Psalm 22:28
For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
Read it in context - Proverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
Read it in context - Acts 13:48
When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
Read it in context - Acts 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
Read it in context - 2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
Read it in context - Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
Read it in context - 2 Chronicles 7:14
and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
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