100 Bible Verses About Government

There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.

But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.

And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.

Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:

Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.

Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.

Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.

And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.

A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:

Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.

These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;