Proverbs 8:15 · KJV
“By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.”
— Proverbs 8:15
Counsel {is} mine, and sound wisdom: I {am} understanding; I have strength.
By me princes rule, and nobles, {even} all the judges of the earth.
Proverbs 8 — Context
The fear of the LORD {is} to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
14Counsel {is} mine, and sound wisdom: I {am} understanding; I have strength.
15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16By me princes rule, and nobles, {even} all the judges of the earth.
17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Cross References
Romans 13:1
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. {ordained: or, ordered}
Daniel 2:21
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
Matthew 28:18
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Revelation 19:16
And he hath on {his} vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Daniel 4:32
And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling {shall be} with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel 7:13-14
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, {one} like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Jeremiah 27:5-7
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that {are} upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
Daniel 5:18-31
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: