Leadership Verses

And {when} they went from nation to nation, and from {one} kingdom to another people;

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, {even} from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: {from following: Heb. from after}

And since the time that I commanded judges {to be} over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.

And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go {to be} with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who {am} I, O LORD God, and what {is} mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

And {yet} this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast {also} spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

What can David {speak} more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.