How do you say unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that you may know the righteousness of the Lord.
(Teachings and Commandments) Glossary: Unspeakable
Christian scriptures declare, It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the honor of kings is to search out a matter (Proverbs 4:1).
And it came to pass that after this tenth year had passed away, making in the whole three hundred and sixty years from the coming of Christ, and the king of the Lamanites sent an epistle unto me which gave unto me to know that they were preparing to come again to battle against us.
(Covenant of Christ) Helaman 2:17
Remember, remember, my sons, the words king Benjamin taught his people.
(Covenant of Christ) Mosiah 11:23
And Alma brought the case before their king, Mosiah, who consulted with his counselors.
But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt until another king arose who knew not Joseph.
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his multitude, Who are you like in your greatness?
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
For behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did unto the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side of Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
(Old Covenants) Zechariah 1:26
Behold, your King comes unto you.
(Teachings and Commandments) Glossary: Ascension
In the “King Follett Discourse,” Joseph Smith said this: “Thus you learn some of the first principles of the gospel about which so much has been said. ... And you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves — to be kings and priests to God, the same as all Gods have done — by going from a small degree to another, from grace to grace, from exaltation to exaltation, until you are able to sit in glory as do those who sit enthroned in everlasting power.”2 The second form of ascent cannot happen in mortality but is accomplished over time.
And now it came to pass that while he was going about to destroy the church of God — for he did go about secretly with the sons of Mosiah, seeking to destroy the church and to lead astray the people of the Lord contrary to the commandments of God, or even the king — and as I said unto you, as they were going about rebelling against God, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto them, and he descended as it were in a cloud.
(Covenant of Christ) Alma 21:38
Now if king Amalickiah had come down out of the land of Nephi at the head of his army, perhaps he would have had the Lamanites attack the Nephites at the city of Ammonihah, since he didn’t care about his people’s lives.
(Old Covenants) Deuteronomy 8:8
The Lord shall bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, unto a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known; and there shall you serve other gods, wood and stone.
And after he has led us away, he has thought to make himself a king and a ruler over us, that he may do with us according to his will and pleasure.
Now if king Amalickiah had come down out of the land of Nephi at the head of his army, perhaps he would have caused the Lamanites to have attacked the Nephites at the city of Ammonihah; for behold, he did care not for the blood of his people.
(Covenant of Christ) Mosiah 11:26
While he was out trying to destroy God’s congregation (doing it secretly with Mosiah’s sons), trying to destroy the congregation and lead the Lord’s people astray, violating not only God’s commandments but also the king’s — and as I told you, as they were going about rebelling against God, the angel of the Lord appeared to them, descending in what seemed like a cloud.
And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound.
And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers.
(Teachings and Commandments) Glossary: Blessings
King Benjamin explained this process of keeping commandments, receiving blessings, and remaining in God’s debt in Mosiah 1:8–9.
(Teachings and Commandments) Glossary: Babylon
Her king is equated to Lucifer, who says, I will be like the Most High (Isaiah 6:6)…. ... And he prophesies about the destruction of Babylon, the head of gold that holds sway over all else.”3 1 “King Benjamin’s Self Reliance,” Jan. 23, 2014, blog post.2 Hugh Nibley, Approaching Zion, 14–16.3 500th Year Reformation Talk Five, 3–4, Sandy, UT, Sept. 7, 2018, transcript of recording.
And now the Lamanites had a king, and his name was Aaron, and he came against us with an army of forty and four thousand.