Government - There's A Scripture For That (NIV) Version

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.

Synonyms for Government: administration, regime, state, authority, executive, ministry, rule, cabinet, council, directorate, governance, jurisdiction, and leadership

Deuteronomy 16:18 (NIV)
Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

1 Kings 10:9 (NIV)
Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice and righteousness.”

Psalm 22:8 (NIV)
“He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”

Proverbs 29:4 (NIV)
By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who are greedy for bribes tear it down.

Isaiah 9:6 (NIV)
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 18:6-10 (NIV)
He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord . “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel. 7. If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, 8. and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. 9. And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, 10. and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.

Daniel 2:21 (NIV)
He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

Daniel 4:27 (NIV)
Therefore, Your Majesty, be pleased to accept my advice: Renounce your sins by doing what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed. It may be that then your prosperity will continue.”

Matthew 28:18 (NIV)
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

John 19:11 (NIV)
Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

Romans 13:1 (NIV)
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

Romans 13:6 (NIV)
This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.

Titus 3:1 (NIV)
Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,

1 Peter 2:13-14 (NIV)
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14. or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.

Revelation 21:23-24 (NIV)
The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.

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