Bible verses about "politicians" | Bishops

¹ Beholde, a kyng shall gouerne after the rule of righteousnesse, and the princes shall rule according to the ballaunce of equitie ² And that man shalbe vnto men as a defence for the winde, and as a refuge for the tempest, lyke as a ryuer of water in a thirstie place, and the shadowe of a great rocke in a drye lande ³ The eyes of the seeing shall not be dim, and the eares of them that heare shall take diligent heede ⁴ The heart of the vnwyse shall attayne to knowledge, and the vnperfect tongue shall speake playnely and distinctly ⁵ Then shall the foolishe nigarde be no more called gentle, nor the churle liberall ⁶ But the nigarde wyll speake nigardlye, and his heart wyll worke euyll, and play the hypocrite, and imagine abhominations against God, to make the hungry leane, and to withholde drinke from the thirstie ⁷ The weapons of the churlishe are euyll, he deuiseth noysome deuises, that he may beguyle the poore with deceiptfull wordes, yea euen there as he should geue sentence with the poore ⁸ But the liberall person imagineth honest thynges, and commeth vp for liberalitie vnto promotion

¹³ Enter in at the strayte gate. For wyde is the gate, and brode is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therat ¹⁴ Because, strayte is the gate, and narowe is the way, which leadeth vnto lyfe, and fewe there be that fynde it

¹⁹ We knowe that we are of God, & the whole worlde lieth in wickednesse

¹ I exhort therefore, that firste of all, prayers, supplications, intercessios and geuynge of thankes be made for all men