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Romans 13:1
Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.
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1 Samuel 2 7-1 Samuel 2 8
The Lord makes some poor and others rich; he brings some down and lifts others up.He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. He sets them among princes, placing them in seats of honor. For all the earth is the Lord’s, and he has set the world in order.
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Luke 1:52
He has brought down princes from their thrones and exalted the humble.
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Isaiah 54:13
I will teach all your children, and they will enjoy great peace.
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Job 35:11
Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals and wiser than the birds of the sky?’
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Daniel 5:18
Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, majesty, glory, and honor to your predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar.
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Daniel 4:32
You will be driven from human society. You will live in the fields with the wild animals, and you will eat grass like a cow. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.’
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Psalms 75:7
It is God alone who judges; he decides who will rise and who will fall.
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Psalms 94:10
He punishes the nations— won’t he also punish you? He knows everything— doesn’t he also know what you are doing?
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Jeremiah 31:38
“ The day is coming,” says the Lord,“ when all Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
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Isaiah 14:5
For the Lord has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule.
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John 6:45
As it is written in the Scriptures,‘ They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.
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Psalms 94:12
Joyful are those you discipline, Lord, those you teach with your instructions.
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Jeremiah 27:5-8
With my great strength and powerful arm I made the earth and all its people and every animal. I can give these things of mine to anyone I choose.Now I will give your countries to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who is my servant. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.All the nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until his time is up. Then many nations and great kings will conquer and rule over Babylon.So you must submit to Babylon’s king and serve him; put your neck under Babylon’s yoke! I will punish any nation that refuses to be his slave, says the Lord. I will send war, famine, and disease upon that nation until Babylon has conquered it.
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Isaiah 48:17
This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:“ I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow.
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Daniel 4:25
You will be driven from human society, and you will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like a cow, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.