“Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations....” Deuteronomy 32:7
Here is a verse with some of the advice Moses' father-in-law gave him while Moses was guiding the great nation of Israel in the wilderness -
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. Exodus 18:21
Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? Nehemiah 5:9b
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. Proverbs 16:12