Sceptre

He snatches the sceptre from the hand of power, and tramples on goodness, and mocks at greatness. ❋ Unknown (1865)

The king governeth his people; he hath a golden crown upon his head, and the royal sceptre is in his hand; he sitteth upon a throne, and sendeth forth his commands; his subjects fear before him; if they do well, he protecteth them from danger; and if they do evil, he punisheth them. ❋ Anna Letitia (1781)

Many grieve under doubts whether they have an interest in Christ or no, when they should be rejoicing that they have an interest in him; the golden sceptre is held out to them, and they are invited to come and touch the top of it. ❋ Unknown (1721)

And one reason among many, of their being thus deluded, is this, they say that the word sceptre in Genesis 49 is not meant of a kingly government; but the meaning is, (say they) a rod, or persecutions shall not depart from Judah till Shiloh come. ❋ John Bunyan (1658)

The revolution which transferred the sceptre from the Abbassides to the Fatimites was a benefit, rather than an injury, to the Holy ❋ Unknown (1206)

a place Alroy finds access, and takes the sceptre from the hand of its rightful owner, leagues himself with a band of robbers, of all nations and creeds, in the vicinity of Hamadan, sends forth his invitation to his Jewish brethren to join him, goes on from small enterprises to greater, and becomes the conqueror of Persia and of the Caliphate of Bagdad. ❋ Unknown (1833)

The centre of the sceptre is a sphere which represents Sunyata, or the primordial nature of the universe that underlies all things. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The sceptre is a plaything for a child, an axe for a Richelieu, and for ❋ Unknown (2007)

On the table, by the side of the great parchment acts, lies a huge gilt sceptre, which is always taken away, and placed in a conservatory under the table, as soon as ever the Speaker quits the chair; which he does as often as the House resolves itself into a committee. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And to verify both these sentences, we must understand that Jacob leaning on Joseph's rod adored, turning towards the head of his bed: which adoration, inasmuch as it was referred to God, was an absolute and sovereign worship: but inasmuch as it was referred to the rod of Joseph, as a figure of the sceptre, that is, of the royal dignity of Christ, was only an inferior and relative honour. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

[229] The staff, called a sceptre, generally terminated in a piece of carved work, representing a flower, a fruit, and most often a bird. ❋ 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes (N/A)

General of the Jesuits wields, they say, wonderful power; but his sceptre is a bulrush beside the truncheon which these kings of the earth hold in their grasp. ❋ Various (N/A)

"His sceptre was the bow of Ulysses which could not be drawn by any weaker hand." ❋ Philip Van Ness Myers (N/A)

( "sceptre" -- rule) had not yet been conceded to Judah. ❋ 1892-1972 (1942)

"This," he said, "dear love, is for thee; the sceptre is a token that thou rulest in my heart, as well as over broad Scotland, and the three singing laverocks are to remind thee of me, for thou hast oft-times told me that my poor singing reminds thee of a lark." ❋ Elizabeth Wilson Grierson (1908)

The sceptre was a stupendous gnarled waddy or club, such as could be used with fearful execution amongst one's enemies. ❋ Fitzgerald, F Scott (1899)

Inclining, or holding out the sceptre was a mark of royal favor; and kissing it by another, a sign of submission. ❋ Unknown (1861)

[Hey], man, have a [puff] of this [great] sceptre! ❋ Word Up (2003)

That sceptre head [girl's] body is [bangin']: everything is great ['cept] her head. ❋ Sno (2004)

Wyckyd Sceptre [rocks] [the shit out of] m,y ass, into [the toilet]. ❋ Shanana (2003)