TSK · 1 Samuel 2:8

You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. Only I, the king, will be greater than you.

“So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel.

He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone–

For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.

In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.

Then the king elevated Daniel to high position and bestowed on him many marvelous gifts. He granted him authority over the entire province of Babylon and made him the main prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

Now this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the other supervisors and the satraps, for he had an extraordinary spirit. In fact, the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom.

The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father– to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.

You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”