Bible Encyclopedia: Rulers: Character and Qualifications of

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The Lame Man Cured by Peter and John.
... be removed by the character and qualifications of its ... general design of miracles,
and the character of the ... over whose fall the priests and rulers exulted; and ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture iv the lame man.htm

The Jewish Dispersion in the West - the Hellenists - Origin of ...
... and persistent struggle of their rulers to Grecianise ... of persons, who possessed very
different qualifications for their ... to the version the character of Jewish ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter ii the jewish dispersion.htm

Covenant Duties.
... choice of rulers and to obedience to them, have important duties to perform. As
to the first"between the character of a law and the qualifications of those ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter iv covenant duties.htm

The Institution of Deacons, and the History of Stephen.
... in men, who sustaining a public character, would have ... Such were the qualifications
required in the first deacons ... To choose their own teachers and rulers was for ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture viii the institution of.htm

Letter xiii. --To the Church at Nicomedia .
... advantage as that all possible qualifications should be ... be lowly and subdued in
character, moderate, superior ... Our best rulers then, are like consuls compelled ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/letter xiii to the church at.htm

Orphanages.
... own people, and still more from their English rulers. ... the formation of the right
character, however careful ... course a difference in the qualifications of those ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xiii orphanages.htm

Acts XIV
... chiefly by the Gentiles and the rulers of the ... With the character of the people, however,
which is the ... the official title, but by the qualifications prescribed. ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xiv.htm

The Pastoral Epistles
... The qualifications of episkopoi (translated "bishops" in the ... Titus to ordain elders;
the requisite character of "episkopoi ... Duty towards rulers and all men; the ...
/.../pullan/the books of the new testament/chapter xvii the pastoral epistles.htm

Peter and John Examined by the Council.
... of the corner." The priests and rulers had often ... divine mission, and inquiring into
his qualifications for saving ... respect to the situation and character of the ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture v peter and john.htm

The Extraordinary Teachers of the Apostolic Church; and Its ...
... that when the apostle enumerates the qualifications of a ... He who exhibits most of
the spirit and character of the ... Though the apostles, as inspired rulers of the ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter ii the extraordinary teachers.htm

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Genesis 41:33
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 18:21,22
Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
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Exodus 23:8
And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Deuteronomy 1:13
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
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Deuteronomy 16:18-20
Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
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Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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2 Samuel 23:3,4
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
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Ezra 7:25
And you, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God, that is in your hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach you them that know them not.
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Psalm 2:10,11
Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth.
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Psalm 72:1-17
Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.
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Proverbs 16:10,12
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresses not in judgment.
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Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
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Proverbs 19:12
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew on the grass.
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Proverbs 20:8,26,28
A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
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Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he will.
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Proverbs 24:23-26
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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Proverbs 25:2,3,5
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
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Proverbs 28:2,16
For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
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Proverbs 29:2,4,14
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn.
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Proverbs 31:4,5,8,9
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
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Ecclesiastes 8:4
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say to him, What do you?
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Ecclesiastes 10:16,17
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
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Isaiah 5:22,23
Woe to them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
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Isaiah 16:5
And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit on it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hastening righteousness.
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Isaiah 28:6
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sits in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
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Isaiah 60:17
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make your officers peace, and your exactors righteousness.
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Jeremiah 13:18
Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
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Romans 12:8
Or he that exhorts, on exhortation: he that gives, let him do it with simplicity; he that rules, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
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Romans 13:1-7
Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
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1 Timothy 2:1,2
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
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1 Peter 2:13,14
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
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Subtopics

Rulers

Rulers of the City

Rulers: Abraham

Rulers: Character and Qualifications of

Rulers: Chastised

Rulers: Duties of

Rulers: Esau, and the Dukes of Edom

Rulers: Heads of Families

Rulers: Isaac

Rulers: Ishmael