Topic
Scepter (Sceptre)
10 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 49:10Nave FIGURATIVE
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
- Numbers 24:17Nave A symbol of authority
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
- Esther 4:11Nave Made of gold
All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king…
- Esther 5:2Nave A wand used by kings to signify favor or disfavor to those who desired an audience with them
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
- Esther 8:4Nave A wand used by kings to signify favor or disfavor to those who desired an audience with them
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
- Psalms 2:9Nave Made of iron
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
- Isaiah 9:4Nave FIGURATIVE
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
- Isaiah 14:5Nave A symbol of authority
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
- Revelation 2:27Nave Made of iron
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
- Revelation 12:5Nave Made of 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.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 11 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.