SCRIPTURES FOR MAYORS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ( RULERS )
1. Psa. 9:17 " The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."
2. Psa. 11:3 " If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
3. Psa. 33:12 " Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD: and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance."
4. Psa. 63:11 " God hath spoken once: twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God."
5. Psa. 111:10 " The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever."
6. Psa. 127:1 " Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain."
7. Psa. 143:10 " Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy Spirit is good: lead me into the land of uprightness."
8. Prov. 1:7 " The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
9. Prov. 9:9 "Give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning."
10. Prov. 9:10 " The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding."
11. Prov. 11:3 " The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them."
11b. Prov. 11:11 " By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked."
12. Prov. 14:34 " Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people." 13. Prov. 15:29 "The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous."
14. Prov. 28:4 " They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them."
15. Prov. 28:5 " Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things."
16. Prov. 29:2 " When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn."
17. Prov. 29: 12 " If a ruler hearkeneth to lies, all his servants are wicked."
18. Prov. 29:14 " The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established forever."
19. Isa. 45:5 " I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:...."
20. Isa. 45:9 " Woe unto him that striveth with his maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of earth."
21. Isa. 51:7 " Hearken unto me ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their railings."
22. Isa. 51:8 "For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation."
23. Joshua 24:13 ( God, to Joshua, about success} " This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and thou shalt have good success."
24. Joshua 24:20 " If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good."
25. Exodus 18:21 " Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness, and place such over them, to be rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22. And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, ...."
26. Luke 12:48 " ...For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more."
27. Romans 13:3 " For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil.... Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:"
28. 1 Cor. 3:13 " Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is."
29. James 3:17 " But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy."
30. Isaiah 26:2 " Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee."
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