1 Samuel 2:8

8 aHe raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
bto make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
cFor the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.

1 Chronicles 28:4-5

4Yet the Lord God of Israel dchose me from all my father’s house to be king over Israel eforever. fFor he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father’s ghouse, and among my father’s sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. 5And of hall my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he ihas chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

Psalms 62:11

11 jOnce God has spoken;
ktwice have I heard this:
that lpower belongs to God,

Proverbs 8:15-16

15By me mkings reign,
and rulers decree what is just;
16by me princes rule,
and nobles, all who govern justly.
Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint  govern the earth

Jeremiah 27:5-8

5“It is I who oby my great power and my outstretched arm phave made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, qand I give it to whomever it seems right to me. 6 rNow I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, smy servant, tand I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. 7 uAll the nations shall serve him and vhis son and whis grandson, xuntil the time of his own land comes. yThen many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.

8“‘“But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, zand put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation aawith the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares the Lord, until I have consumed it by his hand.

Daniel 2:21

21 abHe changes times and seasons;
ache removes kings and sets up kings;
adhe gives wisdom to the wise
aeand knowledge to those who have understanding;

Daniel 4:32

32 afand you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, aguntil you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.”
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