Throne

Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the Throne will I be greater than thou.

And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his Throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

• Children

And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his Throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the Throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

• Glory

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the Throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the Throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

• Temple

He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the Throne of his kingdom for ever.

And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy Throne shall be established for ever.

And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his Throne be guiltless.

Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my Throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my Throne.

And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the Throne of my lord the king after him.

And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my Throne?

Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the Throne of my lord the king after him?

Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my Throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my Throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his Throne greater than the Throne of my lord king David.

And also Solomon sitteth on the Throne of the kingdom.

• Prostration
• King

And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his Throne greater than thy Throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my Throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.

• Heart

That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the Throne of Israel.

Then sat Solomon upon the Throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his Throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the Throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his Throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.

And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the Throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.

• Upright
• Character

And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his Throne, as it is this day.

And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy Throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.

Then he made a porch for the Throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the Throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the Throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

Then I will establish the Throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the Throne of Israel.

• Thankfulness

Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the Throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

• Thrones
• Ivory

Moreover the king made a great Throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.

The Throne had six steps, and the top of the Throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his Throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his Throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his Throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's Throne, and fight for your master's house.

And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the Throne of Israel.

And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the Throne of the kings.

And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his Throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

• Prophecy

This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the Throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

And he spake kindly to him, and set his Throne above the Throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his Throne for ever.

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

And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the Throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

Then Solomon sat on the Throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the Throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

• Covenant

Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the Throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

Then will I stablish the Throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his Throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

• Thrones
• Ivory

Moreover the king made a great Throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

And there were six steps to the Throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the Throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his Throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

• Persecution
• Prayer

Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his Throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. read more Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee. show less

And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the Throne of the governor on this side the river.

That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the Throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal Throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

He holdeth back the face of his Throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the Throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the Throne judging right.

But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his Throne for judgment.

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S Throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

• Church

Thy Throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the Throne of his holiness.

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy Throne to all generations. Selah.

Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy Throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his Throne as the days of heaven.

His seed shall endure for ever, and his Throne as the sun before me.

Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his Throne down to the ground.

Thy Throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

Shall the Throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

• Darkness

Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his Throne.

• Church

The LORD hath prepared his Throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy Throne.

If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy Throne for evermore.

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the Throne is established by righteousness.

A king that sitteth in the Throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his Throne is upholden by mercy.

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his Throne shall be established in righteousness.

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his Throne shall be established for ever.

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a Throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the Throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my Throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

And in mercy shall the Throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious Throne to his father's house.

Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no Throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

• Footstool
• FOOTSTOOL
• Stool

Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my Throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his Throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the Throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's Throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the Throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

A glorious high Throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.

Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the Throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.

And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the Throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:

For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the Throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the Throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the Throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the Throne of the house of Israel;

• Covenant

Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his Throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the Throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.

And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his Throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

And I will set my Throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.

And spake kindly unto him, and set his Throne above the Throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy Throne from generation to generation.

And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a Throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the Throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a Throne.

• Church

And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my Throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

• Heart
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Pride

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly Throne, and they took his glory from him:

I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his Throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his Throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

And I will overthrow the Throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his Throne; and he shall be a priest upon his Throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's Throne:

• Apostles

And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the Throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the Throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

• Holy
• Angel
• Angel

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the Throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: read more For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. show less

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the Throne of his father David:

• Faith

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his Throne;

• Footstool
• FOOTSTOOL
• Stool

Heaven is my Throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his Throne, and made an oration unto them.

But unto the Son he saith, Thy Throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

• Prayer
• Types

Let us therefore come boldly unto the Throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the Throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God.

• Asia
• Church
• Seven

John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his Throne;

• War

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my Throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his Throne.

And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a Throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the Throne.

And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the Throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

• Vision

And round about the Throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

• Seven
• Vision

And out of the Throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the Throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

• Sea
• Vision

And before the Throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the Throne, and round about the Throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the Throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the Throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the Throne, saying,

• FIGURATIVE
• Seal
• Seven

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the Throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

• Lamb
• Offerings
• Seven

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the Throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the Throne.

And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the Throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

• Power

And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

• Lamb

And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the Throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the Throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb.

• Angel

And all the angels stood round about the Throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the Throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

Therefore are they before the Throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the Throne shall dwell among them.

• Fountain
• Lamb

For the Lamb which is in the midst of the Throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

• Altar

And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the Throne.

• Iron

And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his Throne.

And they sung as it were a new song before the Throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

• Deceit

And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the Throne of God.

And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the Throne, saying, It is done.

And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the Throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

And a voice came out of the Throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

• Vision

And I saw a great white Throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

And he that sat upon the Throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

• Vision

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the Throne of God and of the Lamb.

And there shall be no more curse: but the Throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: