Bible Verses about “politicians”

“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”

“For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.”

“¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”

“¶ ‹Judge not, that ye be not judged.›”

“‹For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.›”

“He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”

“¶ I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men;”

“Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.”

“‹Because strait› [is] ‹the gate, and narrow› [is] ‹the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.›”

“‹Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide› [is] ‹the gate, and broad› [is] ‹the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:›”

“But he answered and said, ‹It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.›”

“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,”

“[And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.”

“Then saith Jesus unto him, ‹Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.›”

“Jesus said unto him, ‹It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.›”

“Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,”

“Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;”

“And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.”

“And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.”

“And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.”

“And he saith unto them, ‹Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.›”

“And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.”

“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”

“The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.”

“¶ Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”

“And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.”

“Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.”

“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, ‹Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.›”

“¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.”

“¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.”

“And they straightway left [their] nets, and followed him.”

“And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.”

“And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.”

“¶ Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;”

“And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:”

“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,”

“The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;”

“And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and [from] Decapolis, and [from] Jerusalem, and [from] Judaea, and [from] beyond Jordan.”

“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:”

“¶ When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”

“These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.”

“Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead.”

“But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.”

“¶ Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.”

“And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.”

“And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.”

“The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.”

“The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said [to be] bountiful.”

“For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.”

“The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.”