Power is a doubled-edged sword: Kings that do evil are defiled because the throne is established in righteousness. Proverbs 16:12

The Bible teaches us that with power comes responsibility, this is why acquiring wisdom, the knowledge of the correct means to live, is so important for men. The Book of Wisdom written by King Solomon, tells us something very important about powerful people in confront with the humble and simple people, power aggravates the nature of sin: "For the lowly may be pardoned out of mercy, but the mighty shall be mightily put to the test" Wisdom 6:6.
Power is clearly a double-edged sword, just as it can save us it can also lead us to destruction and ruin, and that depends on the choices that we make, as the Bible explains with wisdom: "For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction" Psalm 1:6.
And we see many examples of how power acts on people in the lives of the great kings and tyrants in the sacred scriptures. The Bible tells us about many powerful kings who, being sensible, acted in accordance with the divine law and thus founded important kingdoms, but there were also foolish tyrants who plunged their kingdom into ruin, because as the book of Proverbs says: "Kings that do evil are defiled because the throne is established in righteousness" Proverbs 16:12.
Sennacherib, ruler of Assyria, and Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, founded tyrannies based on fear and power, but just as they imposed their power, they also lost it.
Righteousness is the most important principle to live by, and we see an expression of this rule in Tobit's teachings to his son: "Do not do to anyone what you yourself hate" Tobit 4:15. Tyrants mistrust, despise, divide, and see a threat in every situation; but instead, the kings for their mercy and righteousness, trust, join, and seek peace and harmony in the face of conflict.

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