there: 1 Samuel 2:8; 1 Chronicles 28:4-5; Psalms 62:11; Proverbs 8:15-16; Jeremiah 27:5-8; Daniel 2:21, Daniel 4:32; Daniel 5:18-23; Matthew 6:13; John 19:11; Revelation 1:5, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 19:16
ordained: or, order
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Romans 13:1
Romans 13:1
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