Bible Verses About Rulers: Character and qualifications of

`And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;

`And thou--thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed these over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

and they have judged the people at all times; and it hath come to pass, every great matter they bring in unto thee, and every small matter they judge themselves; and lighten it from off thyself, and they have borne with thee.

`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open- eyed , and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;

`Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people--a righteous judgment.

Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Righteousness--righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

`Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, --and all the people have said, Amen.

He said--the God of Israel--to me, He spake--the Rock of Israel: He who is ruling over man is righteous, He is ruling in the fear of God.

And as the light of morning he riseth, A morning sun--no clouds! By the shining, by the rain, Tender grass of the earth!

`And thou, Ezra, according to the wisdom of thy God, that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may be judges to all the people who are beyond the river, to all knowing the law of thy God, and he who hath not known ye cause to know;

And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,

Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.

He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

They fear Thee with the sun, and before the moon, Generation--generations.

He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers--sprinkling the earth.

Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not.

And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.

Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust.

Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.

And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him,