Bible verses about "presidents" | Coverdale

⁴ And Iesus answered & sayde vnto hi: It is wrytten: Man shal not lyue by bred onely, but by euery worde of God.

⁴⁶ But why call ye me LORDE LORDE, & do not that I saye vnto you?

³³ Heauen and earth shal passe, but my wordes shal not passe.

³ All thinges were made by the same, and without the same was made nothinge that was made.

¹⁶ For all scripture geue by inspiracion of God, is profitable to teach, to improue, to amende, and to instructe in righteousnes,

¹⁶ For all scripture geue by inspiracion of God, is profitable to teach, to improue, to amende, and to instructe in righteousnes, ¹⁷ that a man off God maye be perfecte, and prepared vnto all good workes.

¹ Beholde, the kinge shal gouerne after ye rule of rightuousnes, and ye princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite. ² He shalbe vnto me, as a defence for the wynde, and as a refuge for the tempest, like as a ryuer of water in a thurstie place, and ye schadowe of a greate rock in a drie lode. ³ The eyes of the seinge shall not be dymme, and the eares of them that heare, shal take diliget hede. ⁴ The hert of the vnwise, shal attayne to knowlege, and the vnparfite tuge shal speake planely and distinctly. ⁵ Then shal the nygarde be no more called gentle, ner the churle lyberall. ⁶ But the churle wil be churlishly mynded, and his hert wil worke euell and playe the ypocrite, and ymagyn abhominacios agaynst God, to make the hungrie leane, and to withholde drinke from the thurstie: ⁷ These are the perlous weapons of the cuvetous, these be his shameful councels: that he maye begyle the poore with disceatful workes, yee euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore. ⁸ But the liberall person ymagineth honest thinges, and commeth vp with honesty.

⁶ For I am the LORDE yt chaunge not, & ye (o children of Iacob) wil not leaue of:

⁸ Iesus Christ yesterdaye and Todaye, & the same cotinueth for euer.

² Because of synne ye londe doth oft chaunge hir prynce: but thorow men of vnderstondinge & wy?dome a realme endureth longe.

¹ Let euery soule submytte himselfe to the auctorite off the hyer powers. For there is no power but of God. ² The powers that be, are ordeyned of God: so that who so euer resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinaunce of God. And they that resiste, shal receaue to them selues danacion. ³ For rulers are not to be feared for good workes, but for euell. Yf thou wilt be without feare off the power, do well then, and thou shalt haue prayse of the same: ⁴ for he is the minister off God for thy wealth. But yff thou do euell, then feare, for he beareth not the swerde for naughte. For he is the mynister of God, a taker of vengeaunce, to punyshe him that doth euell. ⁵ Wherfore ye must nedes obeye, not onely for punyshmet, but also because of conscience. ⁶ For this cause must ye geue trybute also. For they are Gods mynisters, which mateyne ye same defence. ⁷ Geue to euery man therfore his dutye: tribute, to whom tribute belongeth: custome, to whom custome is due: feare, to whom feare belongeth: honoure, to whom honoure pertayneth.

¹ I exhorte therfore, yt aboue all thinges, prayers, supplicacions, intercessions and geuynge of thakes be had for all men ² for kynges, and for all that are in auctorite, that we maye lyue a quyete & peaceable life in all godlynes and honestie.