1 Chronicles 29:11-12
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11 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to You. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.(A) 12 Riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler of everything.(B) Power and might are in Your hand, and it is in Your hand to make great and to give strength to all.(C)
Daniel 4:17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 This word is by decree of the observers;
the matter is a command from the holy ones.
This is so the living will know
that the Most High is ruler
over the kingdom of men.
He gives it to anyone He wants
and sets the lowliest of men over it.(A)
Romans 13:1
Holman Christian Standard Bible
A Christian’s Duties to the State
13 Everyone must submit to the governing authorities,(A) for there is no authority except from God,(B) and those that exist are instituted by God.
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