51 Bible Verses about Kingship, Divine
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O Jehovah, Yours is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty. For all in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and You lift up Yourself to all as Head. And the riches and the honor are from You, and You reign over all. And in Your hand is power and might. And it is in Your hand to make great and to give strength to all.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. And let them say among the nations, Jehovah reigns.
But Jehovah shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment. And He shall judge the world in righteousness; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness.
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the staff of Your kingdom is a staff of righteousness.
O Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, who dwells between the cherubs, You are He, God, You alone to all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made the heavens and the earth.
Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our King, sing praise. For God is King of all the earth; sing praises with understanding.
And when you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us, even though Jehovah your God was your King.
Then I said, Woe is me! For I am undone; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.
So says Jehovah, the King of Israel, and His redeemer Jehovah of Hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and besides Me there is no God.
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
For He in His own time will reveal who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty, just and true are Your ways, O King of saints.
Say among the nations, Jehovah reigns; and the world shall be established; it shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness.
God reigns over the nations, God sits on the throne of His holiness.
Jehovah reigns, He is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength. He clothed Himself and the world is established; it shall not be shaken.
Jehovah reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of islands be glad.
Jehovah reigns; let the peoples tremble. He sits between the cherubs; let the earth quake.
And after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God draws near. Repent, and believe the gospel.
They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and talk of Your power, to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your rule endures throughout all generations.
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent! For the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of Heaven is taken by violence, and the violent take it by force.
And He said to them, I must proclaim the gospel, the kingdom of God, to other cities, because I was sent on this mission,
But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, no doubt the kingdom of God has come on you.
The Law and the Prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone is pressing into it.
then is the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He makes to cease all rule and all authority and power.
And the seventh angel sounded. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ. And He will reign forever and ever.
Nathanael answered and said to Him, Rabbi, You are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel!
"Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek, and sitting on an ass, even a colt the foal of an ass."
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, your King comes to you. He is righteous and victorious, meek and riding on an ass, even on a colt, the son of an ass.
And Pilate asked Him, Are you the king of the Jews? And answering He said to him, You say it.
And Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say it.
And Pilate asked Him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And He answered him and said, You say it.
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would fight so that I might not be delivered to the Jews. But now My kingdom is not from here. Pilate then said to Him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, You say it that I am a king. To this end I was born, and for this cause I came into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.
whom Jason has received. And these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
But to the Son He says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them. For He is Lord of lords and King of kings. And those with Him are the called and elect and faithful ones.
And He has on His garment, and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God shall give Him the throne of His father David. And He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end.
For after he had served his own generation by the will of God, David fell asleep and was added to his fathers and saw corruption. But He whom God raised again saw no corruption.
And answering, teaching in the temple, Jesus said, How do the scribes say that Christ is the Son of David? For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: "The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I place Your enemies as Your footstool." David therefore himself calls Him Lord, and why then is He his son? And the great crowd heard Him gladly.
While the Pharisees were gathered, Jesus asked them, saying, What do you think of Christ? Whose son is he? They say to Him, David's. He said to them, How then does David by the Spirit call him Lord, saying,read more.
"the LORD said to my Lord, Sit on My right until I make Your enemies Your footstool for Your feet?" If David then calls Him Lord, how is He his son?
And He said to them, How do they say that Christ is the Son of David? Even David himself says in the Book of Psalms, "The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I place Your enemies as Your footstool."read more.
David then calls Him Lord; how then is He his son?
Men, brothers, it is permitted to say to you with plainness as to the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, He would raise up Christ to sit upon his throne, seeing this beforehand, he spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor would His flesh see corruption,read more.
God raised up this Jesus, of which we all are witnesses. Therefore being exalted to the right of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this which you now see and hear. For David has not ascended into the heavens, but he says himself, "The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I place Your enemies as a footstool to Your feet." Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God made this same Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.
And when He had removed him, He raised up David to them to be their king; to whom He also witnessed and said, I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after My own heart, who shall fulfill all My will. Of this man's seed God has raised to Israel, according to His promise, a Savior, Jesus;
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And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem. And the battle bow shall be cut off, and He shall speak peace to the nations; and His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall stretch out her hands to God.
Consume them in wrath; consume, so that they may not be; and let them know that God rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah.
God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.