Proverbs 8:15 Cross References - Leeser

¹⁵ Through me do kings reign, and chieftains give decrees in righteousness.

¹⁷ And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord addressed him, Behold, the man of whom I spoke to thee, This one shall rule over my people.

¹ And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him so as not to reign over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lechemite; for I have selected among his sons unto myself a king.

⁹ Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who would otherwise be able to judge this thy great people?

²⁸ And when all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to exercise justice.

^{7 (5:21)} And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly; and he said, Blessed be the Lord this day, who hath given unto David a wise son over this numerous people.

⁹ Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath had delight in thee, to place thee on the throne of Israel; because the Lord loveth Israel for ever, therefore hath he made thee king, to do justice and righteousness.

⁵ And of all my sons,—for the Lord hath given me many sons,—hath he made choice of Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

¹ By Solomon. O God, give unto the king thy decisions, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. ² He shall decide for thy people with righteousness, and for thy afflicted with justice. ³ The mountains shall bear peace for the people, and the hills the same, through righteousness. ⁴ He shall judge the afflicted of the people, he shall give help to the children of the needy; but he shall crush the oppressor.

⁴ And to the power of the king who loveth justice and righteousness hast thou truly executed in Jacob.

²⁶ And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning; after that shalt thou be called, The city of righteousness, the town that is faithful.

¹ Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. ² And every one shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivulets of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a large rock in a languishing land.

⁵ It is I who have made the earth, the men, and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and I have given it unto the one who seemeth proper in my eyes. ⁶ And now it is I who have given all these countries into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and also the beasts of the field have I given him to serve him. ⁷ And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his land is also come in its turn: when many nations and great kings shall make it serve.

¹⁵ In those days, and at that time, will I cause to grow up unto David the sprout of righteousness: and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

²¹ And he changeth times and seasons; he removeth kings, and raiseth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to those that possess understanding.

^{25 (4:22)} They will drive thee away from men, and with the beasts of the field is thy dwelling to be, and they will suffer thee to eat herbs like oxen, and they will suffer thee to be made wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times will elapse over thee; until that thou wilt know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he pleaseth.

^{32 (4:29)} And from men will they drive thee away, and with the beasts of the field shall thy dwelling be; herbs like oxen will they suffer thee to eat, and seven times shall elapse over thee: until thou wilt know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he pleaseth.

¹⁸ O thou king! the most high God gave kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honor unto Nebuchadnezzar thy father; ¹⁹ And because of the greatness that he had given unto him, all people, nations, and languages trembled and shook before him: whom he pleased he slew; and whom he pleased he kept alive; and whom he pleased he lifted up; and whom he pleased he brought low. ²⁰ But, when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened to deal presumptuously, he was cast down from the throne of his kingdom, and his dignity did they take from him; ²¹ And from the sons of men was he driven forth, and his heart became equal with that of the beasts, and with the wild asses was his dwelling; they suffered him to eat herbs like oxen, and with the dew of heaven was his body made wet: till he acknowledged that the most high God ruleth over the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he pleaseth. ²² And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this; ²³ But against the Lord of heaven hast thou lifted thyself up; and the vessels of his house have they brought before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and the gods of silver, and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor know, hast thou praised; and the God in whose hand thy soul is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: ²⁴ Thereupon was sent from before him the part of the hand, and this writing was noted down. ²⁵ And this is the writing that was noted down, M’ne, M’ne, T’kel, Upharsin. ²⁶ This the interpretation of the matter: M’ne, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and made an end of it. ²⁷ T’kel, Thou least been weighed in the balances, and been found wanting. ²⁸ P’ress; Thy kingdom hath been divided, and is given to the Medes and Persians. ²⁹ Then gave Belshazzar the order, and they clothed Daniel with purple, with a chain of gold about his neck, and they made a proclamation concerning him, that he should rule as the third in the kingdom. ³⁰ In that very night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. ^{31 (6:1)} And Darius the Median obtained the kingdom, when he was sixty and two years old.

¹³ I looked in the nightly visions, and, behold, with the clouds of heaven came one like a son of man, and he attained as far as the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. ¹⁴ And there were given him dominion, and dignity, and government, and all people, nations, and languages had to serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom is one which shall never be destroyed.