Strong's G1203 δεσπότης (despotes)

And Abram said, Master and Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my homeborn female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus is mine heir.

And he said, Master and Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?

And he said to him, I am now come, the chief captain of the host of the Lord. And Joshua fell on his face upon the earth, and said to him, Lord, what commandest thou thy servant?

Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, And will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;

For whereas he has no husbandry, Nor anyone to compel him, And is under no master,

A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, And shall divide portions among brethren.

The rich will rule over the poor, And servants will lend to their own masters.

Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse you, and you be utterly destroyed.

Therefore thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty men of Israel; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgment on mine enemies.

Behold now, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judea the mighty man and mighty woman, the strength of bread, and the strength of water,

Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will mightily confound the glorious ones; and the haughty in pride shall be crushed, and the lofty shall be brought low:

And I said, O Lord, thou that art supreme Lord, behold, I know not how to speak, for I am a child.

And I said, O sovereign Lord, verily thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, There shall be peace; whereas behold, the sword has reached even to their soul.

Be it so, Lord, in their prosperity; surely I stood before thee in the time of their calamities, and in the time of their affliction, for their good against the enemy.

For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, And be kept under this day in all the world because of our sins.

And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Blessed art thou, who hast given me wisdom: and to thee I give thanks, O Lord of our fathers.

Now therefore, my lord and governor, if there be any error in this people, and they sin against their God, let us consider that this shall be their ruin, and let us go up, and we shall overcome them.

Now therefore, lord Holofernes, we will go up, and they shall be a prey to be devoured of all thine army.

Let our lord now hear a word, that there be not an overthrow in thine army.

Now therefore, my lord, fight not against them in battle array, and there shall not so much as one man of thy people perish.

I pray thee, I pray thee, O God of my father, and God of the inheritance of Israel, Lord of the heavens and earth, Creator of the waters, King of every creature, hear thou my prayer:

Therefore, O lord and governor, reject not his word; but lay it up in thy heart, for it is true: for our nation shall not be punished, neither can the sword prevail against them, except they sin against their God.

Thou knowest, Lord, that I am pure from all sin with man,

Thou art to be praised, because thou hast had mercy of two that were the only begotten children of their fathers: grant them mercy, O Lord, and finish their life in health with joy and mercy.

And so haughty was Antiochus in mind, that he considered not that the Lord was angry for a while for the sins of them that dwelt in the city, and therefore his eye was not upon the place.

And therefore the place itself, that was partaker with them of the adversity that happened to the nation, did afterward communicate in the benefits sent from the Lord: and as it was forsaken in the wrath of the Almighty, so again, the great Lord being reconciled, it was set up with all glory.

For not as with other nations, whom the Lord patiently forbeareth to punish, till they be come to the fullness of their sins, so dealeth he with us,

This wicked person vowed also unto the Lord, who now no more would have mercy upon him, saying thus,

therefore in his prayer he said after this manner: O Lord, thou didst send thine angel in the time of Hezekiah king of Judea, and didst slay in the host of Sennacherib a hundred fourscore and five thousand:

O Lord, Lord, King of the heavens, and Ruler of the whole creation, Holy among the holy, sole Governor, Almighty, give ear to us who are oppressed by a wicked and profane one, who exulteth in his confidence and strength.

By this sweet and profound influence of the Lord he was held fast, and thus his unjust purpose was quite frustrated, and his unflinching resolve greatly falsified.

When Sennacherib, the grievous king of the Assyrians, glorying in his countless hosts, had subdued the whole land with his spear, and was lifting himself against thy holy city, with boastings grievous to be endured, thou, O Lord, didst demolish him and didst show forth thy might to many nations.

If our life has during our exile been stained with iniquity, deliver us from the hand of the enemy, and destroy us, O Lord, by the death which thou preferrest.

How, then, a man may say, if reasoning be master of the passions, has it no control over forgetfulness and ignorance?

Confessedly, therefore, religious reasoning is master of the passions.

Knowing that religious reasoning is lord of the passions, and those not only inward but outward.

For he which is Lord over all shall fear no man’s person, Neither shall he stand in awe of any man’s greatness: For he hath made the small and great, And careth for all alike.

In that she is conversant with God, she magnifieth her nobility: Yea, the Lord of all things himself loved her.

But thou sparest all: for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls.

With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; Let them know how much better the Lord of them is: For the first author of beauty hath created them.

For if they were able to know so much, That they could aim at the world; How did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?

The master and the servant were punished after one manner; And like as the king, so suffered the common person.

And will do service unto his parents, as to his masters.

O Lord, Father and Governor of my life, Leave me not to their counsels, And let me not fall by them.

But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; And the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.

There shall no evil happen unto him that feareth the Lord; But in temptation even again he will deliver him.

Beware therefore that ye in nowise be like to strangers, neither be ye afraid of them, when ye see the multitude before them and behind them, worshiping them.

And the king appointed them a daily portion from the king’s table, and from the wine which he drank; and gave orders to nourish them three years, and that afterward they should stand before the king.