“The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them” (1 Sa. 2:6-8).
“Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all” (1 Ch. 29:11-12).
“And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?” (2 Ch. 20:6).
“Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?” (Job 9:12).
“The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King forever’ (Ps. 29:10).
“God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God” (Ps. 62:11).
“Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another” (Ps. 75:5-7).
“Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain” (Ps. 76:10).
“The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all” (Ps. 103:19).
“But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased” (Ps. 115:3).
“Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places” (Ps. 135:6).
“The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD” (Pr. 16:33).
“The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will” (Pr. 21:1).
“For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?” (Isa. 14:27).
“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure” (Isa. 46:9-10).
“For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth” (Isa. 47:2).
“Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?” (La 3:37).
“And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings...” (Da. 2:21).
“And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?” (Da. 4:35).
“... he is Lord of heaven and earth, ... And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation” (Ac. 17:24, 26).
“For there is no power but of God” (Ro. 13:1).
“Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will” (Eph. 1:9-11).
“Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords” (1 Ti. 6:15).
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