Nave Scripture-reference index
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
279 indexed verses · Showing 161–200. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Ezra 10:8 (KJV)
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
Esther 2:21 (KJV)
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Esther 2:22 (KJV)
And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
Esther 2:23 (KJV)
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
Job 34:18 (KJV)
Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
Proverbs 14:28 (KJV)
In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Proverbs 14:35 (KJV)
The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
Proverbs 16:14 (KJV)
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 16:15 (KJV)
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs 17:11 (KJV)
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Proverbs 19:10 (KJV)
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 19:12 (KJV)
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Proverbs 20:2 (KJV)
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Proverbs 22:11 (KJV)
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Proverbs 23:1 (KJV)
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Proverbs 23:2 (KJV)
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 23:3 (KJV)
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Proverbs 24:21 (KJV)
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Proverbs 25:6 (KJV)
Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
Proverbs 25:7 (KJV)
For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Proverbs 25:15 (KJV)
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Ecclesiastes 8:2 (KJV)
I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Ecclesiastes 8:3 (KJV)
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Ecclesiastes 8:4 (KJV)
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Ecclesiastes 10:4 (KJV)
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Ecclesiastes 10:20 (KJV)
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Jeremiah 29:7 (KJV)
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Jeremiah 40:14 (KJV)
And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.
Jeremiah 40:15 (KJV)
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
Jeremiah 40:16 (KJV)
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
Jeremiah 41:1 (KJV)
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
Jeremiah 41:2 (KJV)
Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
Jeremiah 41:3 (KJV)
Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.
Jeremiah 41:4 (KJV)
And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
Jeremiah 41:5 (KJV)
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah 41:6 (KJV)
And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
Jeremiah 41:7 (KJV)
And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.
Jeremiah 41:8 (KJV)
But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
Jeremiah 41:9 (KJV)
Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.
Jeremiah 41:10 (KJV)
Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
Reference selections include Orville J. Nave’s public-domain topical index, via Brady Stephenson’s bible-data (CC BY 4.0). Titles and references have been normalized, duplicates merged, and references checked against the site’s KJV. This is a passage-finding aid; its classifications do not establish doctrine.