And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us.
And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.
And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:
And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.
And our kings, our rulers, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or given attention to your orders and your witness, with which you gave witness against them.
And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.
Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?
Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.
To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people.
It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers.
<SHIN> Rulers have been cruel to me without cause; but I have the fear of your word in my heart.
Rulers make evil designs against me; but your servant gives thought to your rules.
For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.
If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever.
Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth:
To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron;
The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,
Your children will take the place of your fathers; so that you may make them rulers over all the earth.
The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the people of the God of Abraham; because the powers of the earth are God's: he is lifted up on high.
There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali.
He puts an end to the wrath of rulers; he is feared by the kings of the earth.
But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.
Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna:
And the four and twenty rulers, who are seated before God on their high seats, went down on their faces and gave worship to God, saying,
And they made as it seemed a new song before the high seat, and before the four beasts and the rulers: and no man might have knowledge of the song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, even those from the earth whom God has made his for a price.
And the four and twenty rulers and the four beasts went down on their faces and gave worship to God who was seated on the high seat, saying, Even so, praise to the Lord.
The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying,
And round about the high seat were four and twenty seats: and on them I saw four and twenty rulers seated, clothed in white robes; and on their heads crowns of gold.
And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.
And one of the rulers said to me, Do not be sad: see, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and has power to undo the book and its seven stamps.
And I saw in the middle of the high seat and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the rulers, a Lamb in his place, which seemed as if it had been put to death, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.
And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;
And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying,
And one of the rulers made answer, saying to me, These who have on white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?
For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;
For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers,
Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,
And it will come about in the day of the Lord's offering, that I will send punishment on the rulers and the king's sons and all who are clothed in robes from strange lands.
Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
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