Nave’s Topical Bible
Government
210 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- Paternal functions of
- Civil service school provided by
- Maintains of public instruction
Executive departments in
See CABINET
See KING
See RULER
Judicial department in
See COURT
See JUDGE
See JUSTICE
See LEVITE
See PRIEST
- MOSAIC
- ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- POPULAR, BY A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES
- Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses
- Refused to make conquest of Canaan
- Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler
Numbers 27:18-23; 1 Samuel 10:24; 1 Samuel 8:4-22; 1 Samuel 11:14-15; 2 Samuel 3:17-21; 2 Samuel 5:1-3; 1 Chronicles 29:22; 2 Chronicles 23:3
- Possessed veto power over the king's purposes
- The court in certain capital cases
- THE DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL
- Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders
Exodus 3:16,18; Exodus 4:29-31; Exodus 12:21; Exodus 17:5-6; Exodus 18:12; Exodus 19:7-8; Exodus 24:1,14; Leviticus 4:15; Leviticus 9:1; Numbers 11:16-18,30; Numbers 16:25; Deuteronomy 1:13-15; Deuteronomy 5:23; Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 29:10-15; Deuteronomy 31:9,28; Joshua 7:6; Joshua 8:10,32-33; Joshua 23:2-3,6; Joshua 24:1,24-25; Judges 21:16-25; Acts 5:17-18,21-41
- Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders
- MISCELLANY OF FACTS RELATING TO THE SENATE
- Demands a king
- Saul pleads to be honored before
- Chooses David as king
- Closely associated with David
- Joins Absalom in his usurpation
- David rebukes
- Assists Solomon at the dedication of the temple
- Counsels king Rehoboam
- Counsels king Ahab
- Josiah assembles to hear the law of the Lord
- Legislates with Ezra in reforming certain marriages with the heathen
- Legislates in later times
- Sits as a court
- Constitutes, with priests and scribes, a court for the trial of both civil and ecclesiastical causes
Matthew 21:23; Matthew 26:3-5,57-68; Matthew 27:1-2; Mark 8:31; Mark 14:43-65; Mark 15:1; Luke 22:52-71; Acts 4:1-21; Acts 6:9-15; Acts 7:1-59
- Unfaithful to the city
- Seeks counsel from prophets
Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 20:1,3; Joel 1:14; Joel 2:16
- Corrupt
1 Kings 21:8-14; Ezekiel 8:11-12; Matthew 26:14-15; Matthew 27:3-4
- A similar senate existed
- Among the Egyptians
Genesis 50:7; Genesis 41:37-38; Exodus 10:1,7; Exodus 12:30; Exodus 14:5
- Among the Midianites and Moabites
- Among the Gibeonites
- Among the Egyptians
- EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF TRIBES AND CITIES, CALLED PRINCES OR NOBLES, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Numbers 1:4-16,44; Numbers 7:2-3,10-11,18,24,54,84; Numbers 10:4; Numbers 16:2; Numbers 17:2,6; Numbers 27:2; Numbers 31:13-14; Numbers 32:2; Numbers 34:18-29; Numbers 36:1; Joshua 9:15-21; Joshua 17:4; Joshua 22:13-32; 1 Kings 21:11-13; Nehemiah 3:9,12,16,18-19
THE MOSAIC JUDICIAL SYSTEM
See COURT
See JUDGE
See PRIEST
See LEVITE
See RULER
See SANHEDRIN
See SYNAGOGUE
Forms and facts of government after the death of Moses and The princes who survived Moses
Under these sub-topics
See JUDGES
See KINGS
- CONSTITUTIONAL
See CONSTITUTION
- ECCLESIASTICAL
See PRIESTS
- IMPERIAL
Genesis 14:1; Joshua 11:10; Esther 1:1; Daniel 4:1; Daniel 6:1-3; Luke 2:1
- MONARCHICAL
- Tyranny in, instances of
- By Saul
- By David
- By Solomon
1 Kings 2:23-25,28-34,36-46; 1 Kings 12:1-16; 1 Kings 21:7-16; 2 Kings 10
- By Ahasuerus
- By Nebuchadnezzar
- By Herod
Under these sub-topics
See KINGS
Also see ASSYRIA; 493|
See BABYLON
See CHALDEA
See SYRIA
Limited
See CONSTITUTION
- Tyranny in, instances of
- MUNICIPAL
- Devolving upon a local senate and executive officers
Deuteronomy 19:12; Deuteronomy 21:2-8,18-21; Deuteronomy 22:13-21; Deuteronomy 25:7-9; Joshua 20:4; Judges 8:14-16; Judges 11:5-11; Ruth 4:2-11; 1 Samuel 11:3; 1 Samuel 16:4; 1 Samuel 30:26; 1 Kings 21:8-14; 2 Kings 10:1-7; Ezra 10:8,14; Nehemiah 3:9,12,16,18-19; Lamentations 5:14
- Devolving upon a local senate and executive officers
- PROVINCIAL
Ezra 4:8-9; Ezra 5:3,6; Ezra 6:6; Ezra 8:36; Nehemiah 2:7,9; Nehemiah 5:14; Daniel 6:1-3; Matthew 27:2; Matthew 28:14; Luke 3:1; Acts 24:1
- REPRESENTATIVE
Deuteronomy 1:13-15; Joshua 9:11
See DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL, aove
Also see ELDER 1573|
- THEOCRATIC
Exodus 19:3-8; Deuteronomy 26:16-19; Deuteronomy 29:1-13; 1 Samuel 8:6-7
See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN, blow
Also see RULERS
See JUDGE
See ELDER
See CHURCH AND STATE
- CORRUPTION IN
1 Kings 21:5-13; Proverbs 25:5; Micah 3:1-4,9-11
See COURT, CORRUPT
- Instances of
- Pilate, in delivering Jesus to death in order to please the clamoring multitude
- Felix, who expected money from Paul
- DUTY OF CITIZENS TO
Matthew 22:17-21; Luke 20:25; Romans 13:1-7; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 2:13-17
See CITIZEN
- GOD IN
- In appointment of Saul as king
- In Saul's rejection
- In the appointment of David
1 Samuel 16:1,7,13; 2 Samuel 7:13-16; Psalms 89:19-37; Acts 13:22
- In counseling Solomon
- In magnifying him
- In denouncing Solomon's wickedness
- In raising adversaries against Solomon
- In dividing the Jewish nation into two different countries
1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 12:1-24; 2 Chronicles 10:15; 2 Chronicles 11:4; 2 Chronicles 22:7
- In blotting out the household of Jeroboam
- In the appointment of kings
1 Kings 14:14; 1 Kings 16:1-4; 1 Chronicles 28:4-5; 1 Chronicles 29:25; Psalms 22:28
- In the destruction of nations
See THEOCRATIC, aove
Also see GOD, SOVEREIGN 2068|
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GOD IN
Psalms 22:28; Proverbs 8:15; Isaiah 9:6-7; Jeremiah 1:9-10; Jeremiah 18:6-10; Jeremiah 25:12-33; Ezekiel 21:25-27; Ezekiel 29:19-20; Daniel 2:20-21,37; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 5:18-28; Daniel 10:13; Hosea 8:4; Amos 9:8; Haggai 2:21-22; John 19:10-11
See GOD, SOVERIGN
Bible verses about “Government”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 41:25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
- Genesis 41:26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
- Genesis 41:27And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
- Genesis 41:28This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
- Genesis 41:30And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
- Genesis 41:31And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
- Genesis 41:32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
- Genesis 41:33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
- Genesis 41:35And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
- Genesis 41:36And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
- Genesis 41:37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
- Genesis 41:38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
- Genesis 41:39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
- Genesis 41:40Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
- Genesis 41:41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
- Genesis 41:43And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:44And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:45And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath–paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
- Genesis 41:48And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
- Genesis 41:49And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
- Genesis 41:50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.
- Genesis 41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
- Genesis 41:52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
- Genesis 41:53And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
- Genesis 41:54And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
- Genesis 41:55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
- Genesis 41:56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
- Daniel 1:3And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;
- Daniel 1:4Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
- Daniel 1:5And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
- Daniel 1:6Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
- Daniel 1:7Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed–nego.
- Daniel 1:8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
- Daniel 1:9Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.