He controls the times and the seasons; he makes and unmakes kings; it is he who gives wisdom and understanding.

You will be driven away from human society and will live with wild animals. For seven years you will eat grass like an ox and sleep in the open air, where the dew will fall on you. Then you will admit that the Supreme God controls all human kingdoms and that he can give them to anyone he chooses.

You will be driven away from human society, live with wild animals, and eat grass like an ox for seven years. Then you will acknowledge that the Supreme God has power over human kingdoms and that he can give them to anyone he chooses."

"The Supreme God made your father Nebuchadnezzar a great king and gave him dignity and majesty.

He was driven away from human society, and his mind became like that of an animal. He lived with wild donkeys, ate grass like an ox, and slept in the open air with nothing to protect him from the dew. Finally he admitted that the Supreme God controls all human kingdoms and can give them to anyone he chooses.

King David announced to the whole assembly: "My son Solomon is the one whom God has chosen, but he is still young and lacks experience. The work to be done is tremendous, because this is not a palace for people but a temple for the LORD God.

and began to speak. I am young, and you are old, so I was afraid to tell you what I think.

But it is the spirit of Almighty God that comes to us and gives us wisdom.

A country is in trouble when its king is a youth and its leaders feast all night long.

I answered, "Sovereign LORD, I don't know how to speak; I am too young."

and said, "I assure you that unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven.

The greatest in the Kingdom of heaven is the one who humbles himself and becomes like this child.

and can command them in battle, so that your community will not be like sheep without a shepherd."

and said, "I am now a hundred and twenty years old and am no longer able to be your leader. And besides this, the LORD has told me that I will not cross the Jordan.

But everyone in Israel and Judah loved David because he was such a successful leader.

In the past, even when Saul was still our king, you led the people of Israel in battle, and the LORD promised you that you would lead his people and be their ruler."

He will protect you as you come and go now and forever.

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him; the sheep hear his voice as he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.

When he has brought them out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

I am the gate. Those who come in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture.