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Ecclesiastes 10:4
If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offenses to rest.
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1 Kings 1 50-1 Kings 1 52
But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, went and took hold of the horns of the altar.Then Solomon was told,“ Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon and is clinging to the horns of the altar. He says,‘ Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’”Solomon replied,“ If he shows himself to be worthy, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground; but if evil is found in him, he will die.”
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Daniel 4:35
All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him:“ What have you done?”
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Isaiah 48:4
For I knew how stubborn you were; your neck muscles were iron, your forehead was bronze.
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Proverbs 14:29
Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick- tempered displays folly.
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1 Kings 2 21-1 Kings 2 24
So she said,“ Let Abishag the Shunammite be given in marriage to your brother Adonijah.”King Solomon answered his mother,“ Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well request the kingdom for him— after all, he is my older brother— yes, for him and for Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah!”Then King Solomon swore by the Lord:“ May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if Adonijah does not pay with his life for this request!And now, as surely as the Lord lives— he who has established me securely on the throne of my father David and has founded a dynasty for me as he promised— Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
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Proverbs 30:31
a strutting rooster, a he- goat, and a king secure against revolt.
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Acts 5:8-9
Peter asked her,“ Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?”“ Yes,” she said,“ that is the price.”Peter said to her,“ How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
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Jeremiah 44:16-17
“ We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!We will certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were well off and suffered no harm.
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Proverbs 16:14-15
A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but the wise will appease it.When a king’s face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
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Daniel 5:19
Because of the high position he gave him, all the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death; those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled.