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Deuteronomy 1:13
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Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
About Deuteronomy 1:13
Deuteronomy 1:13 is one of the Bible's foundational texts on Democracy in the Bible and Voting in the Bible. Found in the law of Deuteronomy, this Old Testament passage has guided believers through every season of life.
Related Verses
- Exodus 18:21
“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:”
- Acts 6:3
“Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.”
- Proverbs 11:14
“Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.”
- Proverbs 29:2
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”
- 1 Samuel 8:7
“And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.”
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How to Apply Deuteronomy 1:13
Meditate on Deuteronomy 1:13 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of Democracy in the Bible applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.